06:52, 21 December 2025

Volgograd Airport operations have been suspended.

Flight arrival and departure restrictions have been imposed at Volgograd Airport due to flight safety concerns.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," flight service restrictions were imposed at Volgograd Airport on December 12. They were lifted that same day.

Flight arrival and departure restrictions have been imposed at Volgograd Airport, Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) representative Artem Korenyako reported today on his Telegram channel. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote.

As a reminder, Volgograd Airport also suspended flight services on the night of December 8. Then, drone debris fell in the Traktorozavodsky district of the city, damaging high-rise buildings and evacuating residents.

In the Volgograd region, drone threat alerts became daily back in October, but actual drone appearances are not always preceded by a warning, local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" earlier stated.

Discussions about renaming Volgograd Airport to "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 declared his support for the initiative of veterans and participants of the Second World War, signing a decree on the renaming that same day. At the same time, some citizens spoke out sharply against the renaming, recalling that under Stalin, 250 thousand Stalingrad residents were repressed.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/419276