Russia’s Omsk under drone alert for seven hours amid Ukrainian attack, governor urges residents to stay indoors
Ukraine’s armed forces is carrying out a massive, hours-long drone attack on Omsk.
Omsk Governor Vitaliy Khotsenko declared a drone threat alert on November 11 at 12:40 p.m. Moscow time. It remained in effect as of 8:10 p.m. Moscow time. Six hours into the attack, Khotsenko urged residents to stay indoors.
Amid the attack, authorities in Omsk have canceled entertainment and sports events planned for November 11: theater and ballet performances, the Sila Sibiri “Power of Siberia” figure skating Grand Prix, as well as the opening of the Dostoevsky.Omsk theater festival.
The targets and aftermath of the attack remain unconfirmed. Citing eyewitnesses, local Telegram channels reported that a fire broke out at the Omsk oil refinery and that a power plant may also have been damaged.
It is the second time since the war in Ukraine began that authorities have also declared a drone threat alert in Novosibirsk.
Omsk sits more than 2,400 kilometers (1,491 miles) from territory controlled by Ukrainian authorities.
It is the fourth drone threat alert declared in Omsk since the start of October.
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