Volgograd residents criticized the drone alert system

Authorities have announced the cancellation of the drone threat in the Volgograd region. Some local residents have complained that they are not receiving alerts about the drone threat, despite receiving notifications that the threat has been cancelled.

As reported by the " Caucasian Knot ," today at around 8:00 a.m. Moscow time, the Emergency Warning and Response System (ERCS) sent SMS alerts to residents of the Volgograd Region about the threat of a drone attack .

The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (RSChS) has announced the end of the drone threat in the Volgograd region, V1.ru reported on its Telegram channel. "Attention! Drone threat has been cancelled," the agency's SMS message was quoted as saying.

As of 11:00 a.m. Moscow time, the regional administration and the Ministry of Defense have not reported any drone attacks recorded in the region today on their Telegram channels.

In comments to the publication's post, some Telegram users claiming to be residents of Volgograd complained that they had not received notifications about the attack threat.

"I haven't received these text messages from Megafon for several days," Maria wrote. "I haven't received the text message yet," Victoria shared at 8:29 a.m. Moscow time .

I only get messages about the danger being allayed, I don't know why.

"From the very beginning, as soon as they started notifying me, I've only received notifications about the all-clear. I don't know why," Nadezhda wrote .

"Beeline doesn't send SMS messages about danger. But they do send cancellation messages. That's how it is for me," Tatyana reported . "I haven't received one SMS since October 1, 2025. I have Megafon," Svetlana wrote .

The SMS arrives when the all-clear is over.

"The text message arrives when the all-clear is over," complained Nadezhda Krichevtsova . "Megafon isn't sending text messages," wrote Elena .

Several users reported receiving both types of notifications. "They're coming," Tatyana Onufrieva wrote succinctly . "MTS are coming," Mikhail Kuznetsov also shared .

"Megafon. They warn of danger and then call off," wrote Evgeny Nikolaevich .

As a reminder, on the night of October 11, a drone attack in Volgograd shattered windows in three apartment buildings on 50 Let Oktyabrya Street, as well as partially shattered windows in a school and a kindergarten. A pensioner injured by shattered window glass required medical attention.

City authorities have offered to accommodate residents of apartments with broken windows in hotels while repairs are underway. Students from the school damaged in the attack have been temporarily transferred to another educational institution.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/416250