Rosaviatsiya has closed Sochi and Gelendzhik airports to aircraft.

Temporary restrictions on the operation of Sochi and Gelendzhik airports have been imposed due to a threat to flight safety. Similar restrictions have been in effect at Krasnodar Airport since 11:08 p.m. Moscow time.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on the evening of January 7, restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft were imposed at Volgograd Airport. Drones damaged two houses in the Kalachevsky District of the region.

On the night of November 8, Rosaviatsia imposed restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at three airports in the Krasnodar Territory. At 11:08 p.m. Moscow time, Krasnodar Airport was closed to flights, at 3:24 a.m. Moscow time, Sochi Airport was suspended, and from 3:36 a.m. Moscow time, similar restrictions were in effect at Gelendzhik Airport.

"The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," Artem Korenyako, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency, wrote on his Telegram channel. He noted that Krasnodar Airport is not servicing scheduled flights between 7:00 PM and 9:00 AM Moscow time, and Gelendzhik Airport is not servicing scheduled flights between 8:00 PM and 8:30 AM Moscow time.

According to the online flight board at Sochi Airport, at least eleven flights are delayed: from Yaroslavl, Astrakhan, Namangan, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Tashkent, Magnitogorsk, Orenburg, Batumi, and Omsk. A flight to Sharm el-Sheikh is also delayed.

"Caucasian Knot" reported that restrictions on aircraft landings at Sochi and Gelendzhik airports were also imposed on the night of January 7. In the morning, the Ministry of Defense reported the interception of one drone over Krasnodar Krai.

A drone alert has also been in effect in Adygea since the evening of January 7; the Maykop administration issued a statement about this at 11:38 p.m. Moscow time.