South Federal District

February 02, 2026 10:55

• The Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources has demanded over 34 billion rubles from the owners of the sunken tankers.

  The Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources has filed a lawsuit demanding that the owners and charterers of tankers that sank in the Black Sea pay over 34 billion rubles for environmental damage and losses to the regional budget. This latest lawsuit was filed by officials amid volunteers' dissatisfaction with the authorities' role in the fuel oil cleanup.

February 02, 2026 08:56

• Seven drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.

  Last night, the military shot down four drones in the Krasnodar region, two in the Rostov region, and one in the Astrakhan region.

February 02, 2026 07:57

• A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.

  Sergei Lytov from the Dubovsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,658 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

February 02, 2026 06:58

• A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

  Last night, the military shot down drones in the Millerovsky and Chertkovsky districts.

February 02, 2026 05:53

• Illegal migrants were identified at a port in the Astrakhan region.

  During a raid at a port in the Trusovsky district, security forces discovered five illegal migrants who face deportation from Russia.

February 02, 2026 04:53

• An orphan from the Krasnodar region complained about being denied housing.

  A Kuban resident complained that she had not been provided with the housing she was legally entitled to for over five years. Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin ordered a criminal investigation.

February 02, 2026 02:55

• About 20 Kuban organizations have been arrested following a lawsuit against Anatoly Voronovsky.

  The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit seeking the seizure of the assets of former State Duma deputy from Kuban, Anatoly Voronovsky, current State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko, and several other individuals. Bailiffs have seized approximately 20 organizations specializing in road construction.

February 02, 2026 01:55

• Operations at three airports in the North Caucasus have been suspended.

  Airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas have been suspended to ensure flight safety. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a drone was shot down over Chechen territory.

February 01, 2026 22:58

• Several houses were damaged in a drone attack in Kuban.

  Two private homes in the village of Trudobelikovsky and the village of Afipsky were damaged by drone strikes, and windows were shattered in a high-rise building in Slavyansk-on-Kuban. Flight restrictions have been imposed at five airports in southern Russia.

February 01, 2026 17:58

• Volunteers received 17 reports of fuel oil spills in Kuban in January.

  Three new fuel oil spills and the discovery of "old" fuel oil at 14 locations along the coast of Anapa and the Temryuk district were reported over the past month. Volunteers reported cleaning up all the sites.

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