Drones shot down in the Astrakhan region

The military shot down two drones in the Astrakhan region, which became the only region in southern Russia where a drone attack occurred last night.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on the night of February 9, the military shot down one drone in the Astrakhan region.

Last night, duty air defense systems destroyed six Ukrainian drones, including two in the Astrakhan region, the Ministry of Defense reported on its Telegram channel.

According to the publication, the remaining drones were shot down outside the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts: in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.

Astrakhan Region Governor Igor Babushkin, as of At 10:54 a.m. Moscow time, he failed to report the aerial attack or its aftermath on his Telegram channel.

As a reminder, on December 15, 2025, 38 drones were shot down in the Astrakhan Region. They attacked "industrial and energy facilities," Igor Babushkin reported on his Telegram channel that day. He called it "one of the most massive attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Astrakhan Region."

In the Astrakhan Region, as in other regions of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts, filming drone attacks and their aftermath is prohibited. These prohibitions contradict the Constitution, which guarantees the inadmissibility of censorship and the freedom to search for, record, and disseminate information, lawyers pointed out.