Major Russian airport used by millions every year evacuated in urgent missile alert

Major Russian airport used by millions every year evacuated in urgent missile alert Kurumoch Airport in Russia has been evacuated due to a missile alert with all flights listed as suspended - the Samara region has been a target for Ukrainian attacks Passengers and staff have been evacuated from a major international airport in Russia following a warning of incoming missiles. Samara's Kurumoch Airport, in the southwest of the country, is used by more than three million travellers every year - but currently all flights have been suspended due to an alert issued for the region. It is not unusual for the Samara region to be targeted by Ukrainian missiles due to its industrial plants including oil refineries. It is also a major logistics hub with a warehouse operated by Wildberries, an equivalent of Amazon in Russia, attacked last Sunday. People have been told to leave the airport due to the missile threat. Its website also shows flights suspended for tomorrow. "Following the missile alert, the airport conducted an organised evacuation of passengers and staff to ensure safety. Staff are with passengers and ready to provide any necessary assistance," the statement from the airport read. AnSamara Region Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed a missile alert had been issued for the region. It means that city buildings, schools and medical centres are among other locations that have also been evacuated. Ukraine unleashed huge drone attacks on Russia and in two weeks has struck more than a dozen Wildberries depots, part of Kyiv’s aerial campaign aimed at undermining Moscow’s war effort, hurting its economy and making people feel the consequences of the Kremlin’s all-out invasion. Drones targeted a Wildberries warehouse in the Samara region, some 500 miles from the Russian-Ukrainian border, according to Gov Fedorishchev last Sunday. He said a fire had broken out with the building destroyed, but there were no casualties. Kyiv first hit the company’s sites in Elektrostal, just east of Moscow, and in the Tambov region on July 18. Strikes followed on facilities across western and southern Russia, as well as in Russian-held Crimea. At least nine people have been killed and scores wounded. Two people were killed as a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in the Saratov region east of Samara, local Gov. Roman Busargin said. He added that the strikes damaged civil infrastructure in Engels, where the deaths took place, and the regional capital, Saratov. Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region have killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday, as Ukraine’s depleted air defences failed to stop any of Moscow’s incoming missiles on Tuesday night. The barrage, which lasted about two hours, was the latest in a series of large-scale Russian missile strikes that have become almost routine this summer. Moscow is exploiting Ukraine’s critical shortage of interceptors for the US-made Patriot systems, the sole air defence weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles.