01:17, 23 December 2025

Passengers on a Volgograd-Novosibirsk flight were prevented from departing due to drones.

Volgograd Airport has imposed restrictions on the arrival and departure of flights due to flight safety concerns.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on the night of December 21st, Volgograd Airport also imposed restrictions on the arrival and departure of flights.

Rosaviatsiya has introduced a "Carpet" regime at Volgograd Airport.

"Temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been introduced," Rosaviatsiya representative Artem Korenyako wrote on his Telegram channel. "The restrictions are necessary to ensure flight safety."

According to the online timetable on the airport's website, the departure of S7 Airlines' flight to Novosibirsk has been delayed by several hours.

As a reminder, Volgograd Airport has also href="https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/418885">suspended flight services on the night of December 8. Drone debris fell in the city's Traktorozavodsky district, damaging high-rise buildings and evacuating residents.

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

Discussions about renaming Volgograd Airport "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 announced his support for the initiative of veterans and participants of the Second World War, signing a decree on the renaming that same day. However, some citizens strongly opposed the renaming, recalling that under Stalin, 250,000 Stalingrad residents were repressed.

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