Planes diverted to alternate airfields due to restrictions at airports in southern Russia

The airports of Volgograd, Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz and Grozny were closed for several hours today, five planes were sent to alternate airfields. The authorities of North Ossetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria reported the introduction and cancellation of the drone attack alert regime.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, around midnight, air defense forces repelled an air attack in Novoshakhtinsk and Rodionovo-Nesvetaisky districts. One local resident was injured. The Millerovsky district of Rostov Oblast was also attacked. In Stavropol, drones attempted to attack the industrial zone of the city of Nevinnomyssk, stubble caught fire at the site of the UAV crash. The Ministry of Defense reported that 23 UAVs were shot down in the morning, including 20 over the regions of southern Russia and the Sea of Azov.

This afternoon, for safety reasons, restrictions were introduced at a number of airports in southern Russia. Thus, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency, Artem Korenyako, reported in his Telegram channel that restrictions were introduced this afternoon at the airports of Astrakhan and Volgograd, Vladikavkaz and Grozny.

In Volgograd, the flight ban lasted about an hour and 40 minutes, during which time two planes left for an alternate airfield. In Vladikavkaz and Grozny, the release and reception of aircraft from airports was restricted for almost three hours, during which time one aircraft flying to these cities was sent to alternate airfields. The restrictions lasted the longest at the Astrakhan airport, almost six hours, during which time one aircraft was also sent to an alternate airfield.

The authorities of North Ossetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria reported on the introduction and cancellation of the drone attack danger regime.

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