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Ukrainian drone attacks have repeatedly paralyzed Russian airports, with regions imposing "carpet protocols" suspending all flights almost every day. Meduza reported that passengers face cancellations and delays that neither they nor airport staff can predict, and that they are often left without clear instructions while airlines try to limit compensation. Its account of a reader at Sheremetyevo describes a flight pushed from 1 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., then to 10 a.m., with the delay appearing without explanation and passengers taken back from the taxiway after two hours. The single information desk could only issue cancellation certificates, and hotel rooms, which started at 8,000 to 10,000 rubles, were sold out in the lines, so many people slept on couches and floors in the terminal. Food vouchers worth 950 rubles did not cover a meal, and Meduza said the airport was not designed to handle dozens of stranded flights at once. The reader also described people heading to funerals and concerts, and a young man who had been unable to reach Vladivostok for a week. Meduza said passengers shared unverified information, and that some were offered a hotel near Vnukovo, about 50 kilometers from Sheremetyevo.