The public warning system has been tested in Russia – Kommersant

Russia has undergone a comprehensive audit of the readiness of emergency warning systems. From 10:00 to 11:00, sirens sounded and loudspeakers were used in some regions.

IN Belgorod region Electric sirens were launched, and the message was broadcast through loudspeakers: “Attention! The warning systems are being checked.” In Belgorod itself, the signal was not turned on due to the fact that in the morning a missile threat was declared in the city due to a downed drone. In the Kursk region at that moment there was a real threat of missile danger in the city of Zheleznogorsk. There because of a Ukrainian drone strike warehouse caught fire fuels and lubricants.

IN Crimea From the beginning of the emergency warning system, testing of the citizen warning system is carried out without turning on the sirens. As local authorities explained to Kommersant, there is already a high terrorist threat regime in the region, so it was decided not to disturb citizens again and not to provoke panic.

IN St. Petersburg Instead of the usual sounds of sirens, a polonaise from P. I. Tchaikovsky’s opera “Eugene Onegin” sounded. According to Kommersant-SPb, the decision to replace warning signals with classical music was made the day before in Smolny.

In the territory Samara region from 10:40 to 10:43 the signal “Attention everyone!” was given. through loudspeakers. Sirens also worked in Tatarstan. Warnings were broadcast on radio and television.

IN Chelyabinsk region the inspection lasted from 10:00 to 14:00 local time. In the center of Chelyabinsk, a Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations vehicle was installed with a screen on which information about the duration of the siren was broadcast.

On Stavropol region in total, the sirens sounded three times. The heads of cities, including Stavropol, Nevinnomyssk and Pyatigorsk, urged the population to take the training of the systems calmly, “without panic.”

IN Rostov-on-Don local residents wrote on social networks that the sound of sirens was clearly audible in the Northern and Western microdistricts. At the same time, residents of the Aleksandrovka microdistrict complained that they almost did not hear them.

Sirens sounded Amur, Irkutsk, Yaroslavl regions, Bashkiria, Buryatia and Yakutia. IN Transbaikalia In addition to notification through sirens and TV channels, SMS notifications were sent to citizens.

In Vladivostok and in populated areas of the region the sound of sirens was supposed to be heard at 10:40 local time. However, in a survey by State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company “Vladivostok” the majority reportedthat they didn’t hear anything.

Corset “Kommersant”