Three airports in the North Caucasus are closed to aircraft.

Temporary restrictions on flight arrivals and departures have been imposed at Grozny, Magas, and Vladikavkaz airports. A drone attack threat has been declared in North Ossetia and Chechnya.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the night of December 2, a drone threat was declared in Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Stavropol Krai. Rosaviatsiya imposed restrictions on flight arrivals and departures at the airports of Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Magas, Makhachkala, and Nalchik. Chechnya became the only region in the North Caucasus Federal District where drones were shot down overnight – the Russian Defense Ministry reported four drones destroyed over the republic's territory.

The airports of Grozny (Severny), Vladikavkaz (Beslan), and Magas are temporarily not accepting or sending aircraft, reported Artem Korenyako, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency.

"Restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety," he wrote on his Telegram channel at 00:59 Moscow time.

North Ossetia's head, Sergei Menyailo, also announced that a "Carpet" regime had been introduced at Vladikavkaz Airport. "The operational headquarters is working around the clock, implementing a full range of necessary measures to ensure the safety of residents of the republic and strategic facilities," he wrote.

Earlier, at 11:30 p.m. Moscow time on December 2, Menyailo announced that a no-fly alert had been reinstated in North Ossetia, which could lead to "a slowdown in mobile communications and internet service." Also that evening, at 11:15 p.m. Moscow time, the head of the republic, Kazbek Kokov, issued a message about a no-fly alert in Kabardino-Balkaria.

In Chechnya, the unified state emergency prevention and response system issued a message about a no-fly alert at 12:42 a.m. Moscow time, TASS-Kavkaz reports.

The Ingush authorities did not publish any warnings about the drone threat on their official Telegram channels.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov reported a drone attack in Kaspiysk on the morning of December 1. A 12-year-old girl was slightly injured during the attack and was taken to a Makhachkala hospital.