The explosion was heard in the settlement of Grafskaya Slavyanka in the Gatchinsky district of the Leningrad region. Nearby is the military airfield Pushkin.
In Russian St. Petersburg on the night of Thursday, April 27, there was a loud explosion near the airport. Russian Telegram channels report this by publishing relevant videos.
It is noted that a sound similar to an explosion was heard in the settlement of Grafskaya Slavyanka in the Gatchinsky district of the Leningrad region, as well as in Pavlovsky, Pushkinsky and Kolpinsky regions, and the shock wave was quite noticeable.
Pushkin military airfield is located next to the alleged explosion area.
There is no official information yet, the causes of the explosion have not yet been reported.
Earlier in Russia, they announced the fall of a drone near Moscow with 17 kg of explosives.
It was also reported that an unmanned aerial vehicle crashed on the territory of the Pskov airport, and a drone allegedly flown from Ukraine exploded in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.