Residents of southern Russia are facing flight delays amid the threat of drone attacks.

Flights are being delayed at the airports of Makhachkala, Volgograd, and Vladikavkaz after operations were suspended due to a drone attack threat. In Makhachkala, a flight to Tyumen was delayed by more than 12 hours.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", a drone attack threat has been declared in Chechnya, Dagestan, North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol Krai .

Flight restrictions at the airports of Grozny, Vladikavkaz, and Magas were lifted at 2:09 p.m. Moscow time. During the flight ban, one plane en route to Grozny diverted to an alternate airfield, Rosaviatsiya spokesman Artem Korenyako reported on his Telegram channel.

Restrictions were also imposed today Flights at Makhachkala Airport were suspended at 3:28 p.m. Moscow time and resumed at 5:00 p.m.

At Volgograd Airport, flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg are delayed, and another flight to Moscow has been canceled. Arrivals from Moscow and St. Petersburg are also delayed, according to the airport's online flight information board.

At Makhachkala Airport, a flight to Tyumen was delayed by more than 12 hours. Flights to Kuwait, Istanbul, Urgench, St. Petersburg, Medina, and Grozny are also delayed. An Aeroflot flight to Moscow has been canceled, and a Pobeda flight has been delayed, according to the airport's online flight information.

At Vladikavkaz Airport, only the flight to Moscow has been delayed, with an estimated delay of over eight hours.

There are no flight delays at the airports of Grozny, Nalchik, and Magas.

More than 20 UAVs were shot down today in southern Russia

The Ministry of Defense reported 30 drones shot down between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Of these, 10 were shot down over the Rostov Region, seven over the Caspian Sea, four over the Volgograd Region, four over the Astrakhan Region, and three over the Republic of Kalmykia.

Air defense forces repelled a UAV attack in the Rostov Region; no one was injured, regional governor Yuri Slyusar reported on Saturday.

"This afternoon, air defense forces and assets destroyed and suppressed UAVs in Kamensk, Kamensky, Tsimlyansky, Chertkovsky, Krasnosulinsky, and Millerovsky districts. No one was injured," Slyusar wrote.

According to him, the villages of Svetly and Volchensky in the Kamensky District were without power due to damage to power lines. "In the village of Belgorodtsev in the Kamensky District and the village of Uglerodovsky in the Krasnosulinsky District, windows were shattered in several private homes. Two cars were damaged by shrapnel in the village," the governor reported.

The Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters reported the downing of drones in the Seversky District. "All drones and their fragments fell in a field near the village of Smolenskaya. There were no injuries or damage. Emergency and special services are working at the scene," the statement stated.

As a reminder, amid the increasing frequency of drone attacks, Chechen authorities have organized siren tests. Psychologists have noted that drone attacks and even warning system tests generate fear and anxiety among those who survived the Chechen military campaigns. Although warning systems are operational in Chechnya, people don't know what to do in the event of a drone attack, and there is a lack of information about shelters, local residents said. The authorities are showing indifference to the fate of the republic's residents, human rights activists emphasized.