Russian Telegram channels reported that local residents saw and heard an explosion, after which the lights went out somewhere.
The sounds of the explosion on Sunday, September 24, were heard in Russian St. Petersburg. City residents began reporting a mass blackout in the Pushkinsky and Moskovsky districts and at the Pulkovo airport, the local publication notes. Fontanka.
“There is almost no electricity in Shushary. The streets of Pervomaiskaya, Pushkinskaya, Valdayskaya and Vitebsky Prospekt are completely without electricity. Traffic lights and shops are not working. There is a traffic jam at the entrance,” eyewitnesses told the media.
Locals who called emergency services were told the restoration work would “finish by midnight.” Some city residents complain about the lack of lighting and problems with the Internet.
Russian Telegram channel Astra reported that locals saw and heard the explosion, which Russians traditionally call “applause.”
“Local residents reported that they saw a flash in the sky and heard a gunshot. There is no official information from the authorities yet,” the report said.
We remind you that on Sunday a Ukrainian drone hit the building of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in the center of Kursk.
Source: korrespondent
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