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Drone strike on air traffic control center in Rostov-on-Don disrupts 13 airports in Russia
Nation8 May, 12:49 PM
UAV attacks halted air traffic across Russian airports in Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Gelendzhik, Grozny, Krasnodar, Makhachkala, Magas, Mineralnye Vody, Nalchik, Sochi, Stavropol, and Elista, Russian Transportation Ministry wrote on May 8.
The ministry said the regional center responsible for managing air traffic across southern Russia had adjusted its operations after drones hit the administrative building of the Southern Russia Air Navigation branch.
The mayor of Rostov-on-Don, Aleksander Skryabin, said a local state of emergency has been declared in the Zheleznodorozhny district due to damage caused by a falling drone.
On May 8, drones struck an oil refinery in Yaroslavl and a factory in Rostov.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later confirmed the strikes on the oil refinery in Yaroslavl.