Drone threat declared in five regions of North Caucasus

A drone alert was introduced this evening in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia and Stavropol Krai.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on the night of August 14, the Volgograd and Rostov regions were attacked by drones. In Volgograd, a fire broke out at an oil refinery, in Rostov-on-Don, 15 multi-story buildings and one private home were damaged, 212 residents of the damaged houses were evacuated. 13 Rostov residents were hospitalized, including two in serious condition, by the evening, six victims remained in hospitals.

A drone alert was introduced this evening in five regions of the North Caucasus: the authorities of Stavropol, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia and North Ossetia reported a drone attack threat.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, the head of the region, Kazbek Kokov, distributed a message about the drone attack threat in the official Telegram channel. The leaders of North Ossetia and Stavropol Krai, Sergei Menyailo and Vladimir Vladimirov, also used official channels in the messenger to issue a warning.

In Dagestan, the republican department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations announced a drone threat in its Telegram channel. Residents of Karachay-Cherkessia received a notification from the RSChS, Mash Gor writes. A little later, TASS reported on the drone alert mode with reference to the Unified State System for Warning and Elimination of Emergencies.

Earlier in the evening, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on its official channel that air defense forces destroyed four UAVs over the Rostov Region and one over the territory of Kalmykia from 17:00 to 20:00 Moscow time.

The fire that broke out after a drone attack at an oil refinery in the Volgograd Region has been extinguished, TASS-Kavkaz reported this evening with reference to the regional administration.

"Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the drone alert mode was introduced in North Ossetia on August 9, at which time the authorities warned about restrictions on mobile communications. At the end of July, the Stavropol Krai government required all mobile operators to slow down their internet connection speeds during drone alerts. The head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, recently stated that shutting off mobile internet during drone attacks is "not a whim, but a necessity."

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