Two drones shot down over Chechnya

Over the past two days, air defense systems have shot down drones in the Shelkovsky and Nadterechny districts; there are no casualties or damage, the head of Chechnya reported.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on the night of August 9-10, for security reasons, restrictions were introduced on the operation of the airports of Vladikavkaz (Beslan), Grozny (Severny), and Magas. This morning, flights were resumed.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported an attempt by drones to attack objects on the territory of the republic. According to him, this happened on the night of August 8-9 and 9-10. "Two UAVs were detected in the Shelkovsky and Nadterechny districts. Both objects were promptly identified and successfully destroyed by air defense systems. There were no casualties or damage," he reported on his Telegram channel.

The video attached to the publication shows the wreckage of a drone in a field, with security forces nearby.

. The territory of Chechnya was attacked by a drone for the first time since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine on October 29, 2024. Footage of the drone attack carried out on December 15 is shown in the "Caucasian Knot" video "Fourth drone attack on Chechnya".

On December 12, a drone was shot down over the Interior Ministry barracks in Grozny, and four guards were wounded. This drone attack was the third on Chechen territory since the start of the military operation in Ukraine.

For the first time since the beginning of the military operation, Chechnya was attacked by a drone on October 29. As a result, a building on the territory of the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes caught fire. On the morning of the attack, Kadyrov said that "the roof of an empty building caught fire," and there were no casualties. However, late in the evening of the same day, Kadyrov announced new data, stating that there are victims among Ukrainian prisoners, who are "at every strategic facility in the republic."

On the morning of December 4, a drone attacked one of the facilities of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Guard Regiment in Grozny. As a result of the attack, the roof of the building was destroyed, Ramzan Kadyrov said. He proposed placing Ukrainian prisoners on the roofs of objects that could become targets for attacks.

On December 25, 2024, an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) Embraer-190 plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed near Aktau in western Kazakhstan. There were 62 passengers and five crew members on board; only 29 people survived. The emergency on board coincided with the drone attack on Grozny, and traces of damage on the plane's skin may indicate an explosion inside or outside, Russian experts said. "Caucasian Knot" prepared a report "Air crash of the Baku-Grozny flight".

On February 4, the Kazakh Ministry of Transport published a preliminary report on the crash, stating that the plane had been damaged before the crash, some of which were rectangular in shape, and "unknown objects" were found inside. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport stated that the plane was damaged in Russian airspace as a result of external impact, and Operation Carpet was announced at the Grozny airport after the plane had been damaged. In its preliminary report on the Baku-Grozny flight crash, the Kazakh side did not provide any clear conclusions about the causes of the crash, and the Azerbaijani Ministry of Transport also commented on the report in an overly delicate manner, analysts indicated.

The order to shoot down the Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku to Grozny on December 25, 2024, was given by the commander of one of the divisions, and after the crash he was promoted, the Azerbaijani publication Minval claims. Russian journalists partially confirmed the publication's data.

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