Rosaviatsiya has closed the airports of Grozny and Vladikavkaz.

Grozny and Vladikavkaz airports are not accepting or sending aircraft, and operations at Gelendzhik Airport have been restricted. A drone threat has also been declared in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol Krai.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," operations at airports in Grozny, Makhachkala, and Vladikavkaz were restricted on the morning of October 22. That same morning, a Dagestan enterprise was attacked by drones, said Sergei Melikov, head of the region. The military subsequently reported that eight UAVs had been neutralized in the republic.

Additional restrictions on Gelendzhik Airport operations were introduced late in the evening of October 28, according to Artem Korenyako, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya). He posted this information on his Telegram channel at 11:21 p.m. Moscow time, noting that Gelendzhik Airport had already been operating with restrictions since July 10 – it does not handle scheduled flights after 8:00 p.m. Moscow time and until 8:30 a.m. Moscow time.

At 1:06 a.m. Moscow time, restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures were introduced at two airports in the North Caucasus Federal District: Vladikavkaz (Beslan) and Grozny (Severny). "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," Korenyako wrote.

At 1:04 a.m. Moscow time, the head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo, announced that a drone alert regime was in effect in the republic, "as in a number of other regions of the North Caucasus Federal District." "A 'Carpet' regime has been declared at Vladikavkaz Airport. The task force is working around the clock," he wrote on his official Telegram channel.

The heads of Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol Krai also announced the threat of drone attacks. Kazbek Kokov and Vladimir Vladimirov issued statements about the drone alert regime before midnight.