Putin's plane gone from radars shortly after taking off in Moscow - media

The official plane of Russian President Vladimir Putin departed from Moscow before disappearing from radars.

This was reported by Nexta on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

“Putin's personal plane has left Moscow,” the platform reported as of 14:45 Kyiv time.

The map showing the flight path of the plane in question, tail number RSD697, was attached to the report, showing it heading northwest of Moscow.

However, The Moscow Times, citing FlightRadar data, reported at 15:06 that the plane disappeared from radars.

"President Putin's Il 96-300PU special aircraft took off from Moscow to St. Petersburg at 14:16 Moscow time... The destination of the aircraft is not specified. It disappeared from the radar in Tver region," the report reads.

The publication added that one of Putin's residences is located in precisely in Tver region.

At the same time, another report claimed Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s plane also departed to St. Petersburg.

"It is reported that Prime Minister Mishustin's plane left for St Petersburg. Also, several other business jets are heading to Russia’s northern capital," the report says.

It is noted that the wealthiest member of the Cabinet, Vice Prime Minister Denis Manturov, has already left Russia.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, the Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Vladimir Putin "is working in the Kremlin."