Rosaviatsiya has closed Astrakhan Airport to aircraft.

Restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been imposed at Astrakhan Airport due to the threat of drone attacks. Similar restrictions remain in place in Volgograd, with residents of the region reporting the sound of explosions.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," earlier today, for the third night in a row, restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures were imposed at Volgograd Airport.

Astrakhan Airport operations are limited, and aircraft arrivals and departures have been temporarily suspended, Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) spokesman Artem Korenyako announced today. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote on his Telegram channel at 5:06 a.m. Moscow time.

A drone alert was introduced in the Astrakhan region at 3:07 a.m. local time (2:07 a.m. Moscow time), according to the Astrakhan News channel. According to the airport's online flight information, a flight from Moscow scheduled for 6:00 a.m. (5:00 a.m. Moscow time) was canceled, as was the same plane's return flight from Astrakhan to Moscow.

At Volgograd Airport, according to a Rosaviatsia representative, restrictions remain in place. Between 1:00 a.m. and 2:00 a.m. Moscow time, residents of Volgograd and the surrounding region—Surovikino, Yelan, Alekseevsky, and Uryupinsky districts—heard drone sounds and more than ten explosions, SHOT reports, citing eyewitnesses.

The "Radar Volgograd" channel, which publishes localized drone threat warnings, also reported drone flights in Volgograd, Yelan, and Surovikino, and reminded Yelan residents "to stay away from the wreckage." Volgograd region authorities have not yet released any information about the drone attack.

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