A drone threat has been declared in five regions of the North Caucasus.

A drone alert has been declared in Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and the Stavropol Territory. Rosaviatsiya has not announced any restrictions on airport operations in these regions.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, reported a drone attack in Kaspiysk on the morning of December 1. A 12-year-old girl was slightly injured during the attack and was taken to a Makhachkala hospital.

A drone alert has been declared in Chechnya, TASS-Kavkaz reported at 1:14 a.m. Moscow time, citing a message from the unified state emergency prevention and response system.

Authorities in neighboring regions also issued drone alerts. In Dagestan, a drone alert has been in effect since 0:22 Moscow time, according to the republic's Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Stavropol Krai Governor Vladimir Vladimirov issued a drone alert at 00:17 Moscow time. The heads of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia issued drone alerts on their official Telegram channels at 00:34 and 00:39 Moscow time, respectively.

"Mobile phone and internet service may be slow. Please remain calm, do not respond to provocations, and trust only official information," wrote Sergey Melikov. Kazbek Kokov's message noted that "mobile internet service may be slow in some places."

The official channel of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) representative had not reported any restrictions at airports in these regions as of 1:55 AM Moscow time today. Temporary restrictions were imposed on the evening of December 1 at Sochi Airport for less than an hour, from 10:51 PM to 11:43 PM Moscow time. During this time, three aircraft were diverted to alternate airfields, according to the latest messages on the channel.

On October 14, Melikov issued a decree prohibiting media outlets and internet users from publishing information about the consequences of terrorist attacks and sabotage, the arrival of Ukrainian drones, and the deployment of military and "critically important" facilities (bridges, fuel and energy complex facilities, communications, and industrial facilities) in Dagestan. The decree contradicts the law on mass media, and it does not include a list of "critically important" facilities, which increases the risk of arbitrary interpretation of the document by security forces, lawyers pointed out.