Authorities report on the consequences of drone attacks in Rostov and Volgograd regions

There were no casualties as a result of the drone strike, but the falling debris led to the suspension of rail service in the Rostov region and interruptions in gas supplies in the Volgograd region.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, at 6.33 Moscow time, the Volgograd airport lifted the restrictions on flight arrivals and departures that had lasted for more than 6.5 hours.

In the Volgograd region, drone debris fell on the railway tracks in the Svetloyarsky district. There were no casualties. The tracks were not damaged, but train traffic in the area of the Tinguta station has been temporarily restricted to clear them; sappers are working there, said the head of the Volgograd region, Andrei Bocharov.

In the Kotelnikovsky district, gas supply to about 65 private houses was disrupted, utility services are fixing the problem, according to a statement from the regional government press service, cited by Interfax.

In the Chertkovsky, Kasharsky and Dubovsky districts of the Rostov region, there were also no casualties as a result of the UAV attack, said Acting Governor Yuri Slyusar. "Due to falling debris in the Chertkovsky district, a forest plantation near the M-4 "Don" caught fire. A landscape fire started near the village of Kamenka in the Kasharsky district and near the Semichny farm in the Dubovsky district. The fire was extinguished by fire crews that arrived at the scene," Slyusar wrote on his Telegram channel.

In total, on the night of July 31, air defense systems shot down 22 drones over the regions of the Southern Federal District - 11 in the skies of the Volgograd and Rostov regions, the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported. The drones were shot down between 22:20 Moscow time on July 30 and 4 Moscow time on July 31, according to a message on the military department's Telegram channel.