内容摘要：Heavy rains slowed and then stopped their progress, as the pickup got stuck in the mud. They were stranded.

Heavy rains slowed and then stopped their progress, as the pickup got stuck in the mud. They were stranded.

At the city's Pulkovo airport, footage emerged of a queue of planes stuck on the runway on arrival. Passengers reportedly waited for hours to leave.Airports at several other cities including Sochi, Kazan, Kirov and Nizhnekamsk also reported flight disruption.

Russia's air traffic problems came as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for Friday's military parade in Red Square commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.A plane carrying Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to Moscow had to make a brief emergency stop in Baku in Azerbaijan, because of drone attacks across Russia, according to local reports.Vucic later resumed his flight, eventually landing in Moscow. Two Baltic republics, Lithuania and Latvia, had reportedly refused to allow him permission to cross their airspace.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, thought to be the only European Union leader planning to attend, complained that Estonia's government had refused to allow him to fly over its airspace, which he said was extremely disruptive to his schedule.The government in Tallinn said it had no intention of supporting the Moscow parade and had stressed to EU colleagues that taking part in Russian "propaganda events should be ruled out".

Russia says 27 world leaders are travelling to Moscow. Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have already arrived.

was due to start at midnight Moscow time on Wednesday (21:00 GMT), to coincide with World War Two victory commemorations across Russia.Many people cannot get to the market "and if they go, they find high prices", explains Manahel.

"Every family is equal now - there is no rich or poor. People can't afford the basic necessities like food."After cooking meals such as rice and stew, they deliver the food to people in shelters. For many, it is the only meal they will have for the day.

When the war started, Manahel had just finished university, where she studied Sharia and law.As the fighting reached el-Fasher, she moved with her mother and six siblings to a safer area, further away from the front line.