Flight restrictions introduced at Vladikavkaz and Grozny airports

Restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been introduced at two airports in the North Caucasus Federal District. The head of North Ossetia announced the threat of a drone attack.

As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on the night of July 25, restrictions were introduced on the arrival and departure of aircraft at the airports of Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Magas, Mineralnye Vody, Nalchik, Stavropol, Sochi, and Tambov. The restrictions were later lifted. Against the backdrop of the suspension of airport operations, the head of North Ossetia Sergey Menyailo reported that the "Carpet" plan had been introduced in North Ossetia and other regions of the North Caucasus Federal District.

15:00 12/26/2024

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Temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been introduced at the airports of Vladikavkaz and Grozny, said Artem Korenyako, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

"The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote at 05.04 Moscow time in his Telegram channel "Representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency".

A "drone danger" regime has been introduced in North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo reported on his Telegram channel at 04:38 Moscow time. "The "Carpet" plan has been introduced on the territory of North Ossetia," he added 10 minutes later.

As of 06:56 Moscow time, Korenyako and Menyailo have not published any new information about the situation.

Recall that on July 25, two people were injured as a result of a drone attack at the Timashevsk train station. In other settlements of Kuban and Rostov Oblast, according to regional authorities, several houses of local residents were damaged.

The governor of Stavropol Krai reported that same morning that 37 drones were shot down over Nevinnomyssk, and "this was the most massive attack on Stavropol Krai." However, the Ministry of Defense reported that in Stavropol Krai only five drones were shot down.

A day earlier, on July 24, the authorities of North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Krai, as well as the mayors' offices of Novorossiysk and Anapa, announced the threat of a drone attack. That same night in Sochi, two women died as a result of a drone attack, and 11 more people were injured.

On July 23, two women and a man were taken to a hospital in Novocherkassk, injured as a result of a drone attack. Fires and damage to houses were recorded in several settlements in the Rostov Region.