A drone threat has been declared in Chechnya for the second time in a day.

A drone alert has been declared in Chechnya, but there have been no reports of flight operations being suspended at Grozny Airport.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," the previously imposed restrictions on aircraft departures and arrivals at Grozny Airport were lifted this morning. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported one drone was shot down.

A drone alert has been declared in Chechnya, according to the Unified State System for Prevention and Elimination of Emergencies. "Attention! A drone alert has been declared in the Chechen Republic," the system said in a statement, according to TASS-Kavkaz.

Rosaviatsiya spokesman Artem Korenyako had not announced the closure of Grozny Airport due to the threat of a drone attack on his Telegram channel by 8:40 p.m. Moscow time.

Amid the increasing frequency of drone attacks, Chechen authorities have organized at least two tests of emergency sirens over the past three days. Another test was announced for December 22. Authorities report on the tests but do not explain what to do in the event of a real threat, social media users noted. Attacks on the republic and tests of warning systems are alarming for those who lived through the Chechen military campaigns, social media users noted. People who have previously experienced wars and the associated losses and hardships are vulnerable, and drone attacks in Chechnya, and even testing of warning systems, generate fear and anxiety among some residents. Psychologists have noted that mobile internet shutdowns deprive people of access to reliable information and only exacerbate this situation.

Four drone attacks have already been recorded in Chechnya in December 2025. On December 2, four drones were shot down over Chechen territory. According to Chechen opposition Telegram channels, drones struck military targets in Gudermes and Achkhoy-Martan that night, but official authorities have denied this. On December 5, several floors of a tower in the Grozny City business center were damaged in an explosion, a fact Ramzan Kadyrov acknowledged. On the night of December 7, the military shot down one drone in Chechnya. On December 9, Kadyrov reported that the republic's security forces had shot down two drones, and the Russian Defense Ministry later reported that another drone had been shot down in Chechnya. The next day, Kadyrov awarded the security official who shot down the drone.

For more information about the targets attacked, see the "Caucasian Knot" report "Drone Attacks on Chechnya".