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Snow and wind halt flights in Russia's Far East

A Ukrainian broadcaster's compilation also shows stranded trucks in the Urals and residents describing cold homes in Russian-occupied Crimea.

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1:00The report describes power and heating outages affecting Crimean homes and a university.
1:43The broadcaster attributes fires at two Leningrad-region industrial sites to Ukrainian drone strikes.
6:09Snow strands trucks on the M-5 between Ufa and Chelyabinsk, according to the report.
7:15Heavy snow and winds disrupt airport operations in Khabarovsk Krai.
10:42Crimean residents describe rolling blackouts, cold apartments and dependence on generators.
12:57A separate segment reports a magnitude-5.7 earthquake in Japan, showing shaking buildings and shop damage.

An airport representative says no aircraft has been able to take off, while footage from Khabarovsk Krai in Russia's Far East shows heavy snow and fierce winds disrupting runway operations. It is one of several regional emergencies brought together by Ukraine's Channel 24 (24 Канал) in a report on winter weather and failing services.

The compilation ranges from Tyumen and the Urals to southern Russia, rather than documenting a single storm in one place. On the M-5 highway between Ufa and Chelyabinsk, the report says hundreds of trucks were stranded for hours, with drivers describing deep snow and a lack of heating. A traffic police officer urges motorists to avoid long-distance journeys.

Phone recordings bring the consequences indoors. Residents show cold apartments and improvised gas-stove heating arrangements. In Crimea, the report describes electricity and heating interruptions affecting homes and Crimean Federal University. People in Kerch, Sevastopol and Alushta recount rolling blackouts and reliance on fuel generators. Crimea is internationally recognized as Ukrainian territory and has been under Russian occupation since 2014.

These are collected accounts, not necessarily simultaneous scenes: one resident's recording identifies its date as November 7. The upload appeared on November 11.

The program also includes separate reports beyond the weather. It attributes fires at the Kirishi oil refinery and the Morozov plant in Russia's Leningrad region to Ukrainian drone strikes, and shows a Moscow police officer erasing an antiwar message written in snow.

Later, the coverage shifts to Japan, where the broadcaster reports a magnitude-5.7 earthquake affecting Shizuoka and Aichi prefectures, accompanied by footage of shaking buildings and damaged shops. The closing sequence returns to snowbound mountain passes in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia.