The Ministry of Defense reported the downing of a UAV over Chechnya.

Previously imposed restrictions on aircraft departures and arrivals at Grozny Airport have been lifted.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the night of January 5, the military shot down two drones in the skies over North Ossetia and the Krasnodar Territory.

"From 7 to 9 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed one UAV over the territory of the Chechen Republic," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The lack of a plan for responding to drone attacks has alarmed residents of Chechnya

At the same time, restrictions have been lifted at the airports of Grozny, Vladikavkaz, Gelendzhik, and Magas, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported. "Restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft have been lifted," a representative of the agency said in a statement on Telegram.

It should be noted that the previously imposed drone alert regime has been lifted in North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol Krai, the heads of these regions announced on their Telegram channels.

Amid increased drone attacks, Chechen authorities have organized at least two emergency siren inspections over the past three days. Another inspection has been announced for December 22. Authorities report on the inspections but do not explain what to do in the event of a real threat, social media users noted. Attacks on the republic and testing of warning systems cause anxiety among those who survived the Chechen military campaigns, social media users noted. People who previously experienced wars and the associated losses and deprivations are vulnerable, and drone attacks in Chechnya and even testing of warning systems generate fear and anxiety among some residents. Psychologists noted that mobile internet shutdowns deprive people of access to reliable information and only exacerbate this situation.

Four drone attacks were already recorded in Chechnya in December 2025. On December 2, four drones were shot down over Chechen territory. According to Chechen opposition Telegram channels, drones struck military targets in Gudermes and Achkhoy-Martan that night, but authorities denied this. On December 5, several floors of a tower in the Grozny City business center were damaged by an explosion, a fact Ramzan Kadyrov acknowledged. On the night of December 7, the military shot down one drone in Chechnya. On December 9, Kadyrov reported that the republic's security forces had shot down two drones, and the Russian Ministry of Defense later reported another drone shot down in Chechnya. The next day, Kadyrov awarded the security official who shot down the drone.

For more information on the targets attacked, see the "Caucasian Knot" report "Drone Attacks on Chechnya".