The drone incident occurred during the rehearsal of a military parade on May 9. According to eyewitnesses, the UAV flew at low altitude just before the troops passed.
On Thursday, April 4, an unidentified drone landed in St. Landed on approach to Palace Square in St. Petersburg. He writes about this Russian edition of “Fontanka”.
The source says the drone was hoisted on the square as the military parade was rehearsed until May 9. The drone was probably drowned by special means.
As the broadcast reporter noted, the quadrocopter was spotted in the sky around 4:30 pm. The drone rose a few meters and then crashed into the corner of Palace Square, not far from the Alexander Garden.
According to an eyewitness, the crashed drone was picked up by an unidentified man in a hoodie and was soon taken into custody by police officers. Eyewitnesses of the incident also noted that the drone flew at low altitude just before the soldiers passed.
Journalists write that the UAV could be launched by the military itself to control the response of the relevant services.
Petersburg banned the launch of UAVs
On Wednesday, May 3, it was learned that the St. Petersburg authorities banned the launch of unmanned aerial vehicles and helicopters in the city until May 15. Restrictions also apply to flights within a radius of 150 kilometers around the settlement.
The North-West Aviation branch told media representatives that “the airspace has been closed for security reasons”.
A similar ban was imposed in Moscow and around 40 regions of Russia on May 3, following allegations that Ukraine tried to use two drones to hit Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Kremlin.
On May 4, Iskander went to the rehearsal of the parade of the operational-tactical missile system and went to St. Recall that he crashed into a road fence on the St. Petersburg ring road.
Also, on April 26, St. We wrote that a loud explosion was heard in the southern suburbs of St. Petersburg. The “Pushkin” military airport is located not far from the alleged scene of the incident.
Source: Focus
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