Ukraine Has Closed The Airspace Over St. Petersburg

• 11.11.2026, 9:11

Airplanes are forced to change course.

Pulkovo International Airport in St. Petersburg has been unable to receive or dispatch flights since the evening of November 10 due to a Ukrainian drone attack on strategic targets in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast. Planes are being forced to change course, reports Dialog.UA.

Pulkovo Airport imposed temporary flight restrictions on November 10 at 11:56 p.m. Moscow time. As of 5:29 a.m. Moscow time on November 11, the restrictions remained in effect. Passengers awaiting their flights are being offered drinks and meals.

At this time, it is known that 18 flights have been delayed or canceled at Pulkovo. Two planes bound for St. Petersburg landed in Helsinki (Finland).

In addition, flight schedule changes are possible at Kaliningrad Airport due to restrictions in the Leningrad Region.

On the night of November 11, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out massive airstrikes on strategic targets in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast. The main target was the seaport in Ust-Luga, through which Russian oil and petroleum products are exported.

As a result of the Ukrainian attack, a fire broke out at the port of Ust-Luga. This was acknowledged by the governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenco.