Kazan International Airport in Russia has temporarily suspended all flights due to a potential drone threat, according to Russian media outlets Radio Liberty and The Kyiv Independent on August 28.
The Federal Air Transport Agency announced that flight restrictions were implemented at 7 a.m. Moscow time to "ensure flight safety." As a result, planes destined for Kazan are being redirected to an airfield in Samara.
The Russian Telegram channel Baza suggested that the flight suspensions were directly related to the threat of drone strikes.
This isn't the first instance of such disruptions at Kazan Airport.
In April, flights were halted due to similar drone threats, and in June, the airport briefly shut down citing "security reasons."
Kazan is located over 900 kilometers (560 miles) east of Ukraine's border in the Russian republic of Tatarstan. This region has been targeted by Ukrainian drone strikes in the past.
While there have been reports of drones being downed overnight in Russia's Rostov and Voronezh regions—both bordering Ukraine—no specific details about drone activity in Tatarstan have been confirmed at this time.
Two oil depots in Rostov Oblast reportedly caught fire following the alleged attacks.
