Local residents heard “three shots” before the lights went out in houses in two districts of St. Petersburg.
In the morning, in the two districts of St. Petersburg – Primorsky and Vyborgsky – 300 houses were left without electricity after the drone attack. At night, local residents heard explosions, Fontanka reported on Saturday, October 19.
It was initially claimed that the cause of the massive power outage in the northwestern part of the city was an accident at a substation. Journalists wrote later, citing the emergency services, that earlier that day a drone had been shot down over the city. In addition, the note clarified that local residents heard “three shots” before turning off the lights in their houses.
In St. Petersburg, hundreds of buildings were left without power after the drone attack pic.twitter.com/liS5W74GnV
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The press service of the Smolny publication reported that the complete restoration of the power supply will take about 10 hours.
“First of all, electrical engineers are focused on city water supply and heat supply facilities. The operation of indoor systems is gradually being restored with housing organizations,” the statement said. .
As of today, the power supply has been restored in the Primorsky district.
In turn, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that during the night “16 Ukrainian drones were allegedly intercepted.” Two are in the Rostov region, one is in the Belgorod region, and another 13 are in the Bryansk region. There is no information about St. Petersburg at all.
We remind you that tonight in the Bryansk region, drones attacked the Silicon El plant, which produces microelectronics and components for military equipment.
The General Staff confirmed the defeat of the arsenal in the Bryansk region
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