Volgograd Airport operations are restricted due to the drone threat.

Rosaviatsia imposed restrictions on flight operations at Volgograd Airport for the third night in a row, with two flights from Moscow canceled.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," flight restrictions were imposed at the airports of Volgograd, Krasnodar, and Stavropol on the night of September 30. A drone attack disrupted power to three towns in the Svetloyarsky District, but power was restored in the morning. On the night of October 1, Volgograd Airport operations were again restricted.

Volgograd Airport has not been receiving or sending flights since 12:49 a.m. Moscow time, Rosaviatsia spokesman Artem Korenyako reported today. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to the airport's online flight board, two flights from Moscow, scheduled for 1:35 and 9:30 Moscow time, have been canceled. Accordingly, the return flights of these aircraft to the capital (scheduled for 5:45 and 10:05 Moscow time) have also been canceled.

Half an hour before the restrictions were introduced, at 00:19 Moscow time, the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced a "drone hazard" throughout the Volgograd region, according to the Volgograd News Telegram channel.

Discussions about renaming Volgograd Airport "Stalingrad" have been active since the 1990s. However, the airport was renamed from "Gumrak" to "Stalingrad" only after Putin's intervention. On April 29, 2025, he announced his support for the initiative of the veterans and participants of the Second World War, signing a decree on the renaming that same day. However, some citizens strongly opposed the renaming, recalling that under Stalin, 250,000 Stalingrad residents were repressed.

At a meeting with Duma faction leaders on September 18, Putin promised to consider Communist Party leader Zyuganov's proposal to rename Volgograd to Stalingrad. Social media users expressed dissatisfaction with the new discussion of this topic.

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