St. Petersburg authorities advised residents to turn on phone sound to hear drone-attack SMS alerts; legislative assembly says sirens could cause panic

St. Petersburg authorities advised residents to turn on phone sound to hear SMS alerts about drone attacks. The legislative assembly believes sirens could cause panic

St. Petersburg's Committee for Legality and Public Order said city residents need to turn on the sound on their phones to learn about drone attacks.

Want to receive alerts in a timely manner and follow instructions — turn on the sound,

said the committee (quoted by Fontanka).

Later, city legislative assembly deputies Alexei Anikin and Konstantin Chebykin told the outlet that residents are alerted to “drone danger” exclusively via SMS and that sirens could cause panic.

At the same time, they said that the authorities are supposedly ready to consider the possibility of turning on sirens after all.

In the summer, the administration of the Kirishi district in Leningrad Oblast said that the decision to activate sirens and loudspeakers is “made in light of the specific situation,” and that the authorities do not consider drone attacks grounds for such signals.

🔴On October 18, St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast came under a massive drone attack. During the attack, residents of buildings opposite the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal heard sirens only from the facility's grounds, Bumaga writes.

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