The key facts

  • Residents of Krasnodar Krai heard explosions, air raid sirens are sounding
  • The 'Carpet' plan was declared at Krasnodar airport
  • The mayor of Novorossiysk reported a threat of a UAV attack

What happened

Residents of Krasnodar Krai reported hearing explosions. On November 6, this was reported by the Telegram channel 'News of Krasnodar and the Krai,' which is cited by Gazeta.Ru. According to the channel, air raid sirens are sounding in the region, and Krasnodar airport has activated the 'Carpet' plan — a temporary halt to receiving and dispatching aircraft. No further details of the incident are given in the publication.

Context

Shortly before the reports of explosions the mayor of Novorossiysk, Andrey Kravchenko, announced in his Telegram channel a threat of a drone attack on the city's territory. There is no confirmation in new publications of any UAV crashes or casualties — the scale of what happened remains unknown.

Previous UAV attacks

On the night of October 29, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems shot down 1,214 drones — this was described as one of the largest attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian regions. According to the ministry, the drones were eliminated over the Bryansk, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Tula, Smolensk, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Tver, Oryol, Ryazan, Vladimir, Samara, Saratov, Penza and Rostov regions, the Moscow region, Bashkortostan and Udmurtia. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin reported that from 8:30 p.m. on October 28 to 7:00 a.m. on October 29, 613 UAVs were heading toward the Moscow region. Earlier, there were also reports of a Ukrainian strike on Voronezh. The publications do not confirm any connection between the current explosions in Krasnodar Krai and drone attacks.