A military airfield in Mozdok was attacked by drones, local residents report. The head of North Ossetia reported the downing of 15 UAVs.

In the Southern District Military Court, Crimean Tatars Abdulmedzhit Seytumerov, Ametkhan Umerov, Eldar Yakubov, Ruslan Asanov, Remzi Nimetulayev and Seidamet Mustafayev asked questions to a hidden prosecution witness. However, according to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, he answered with routine memorized phrases.

A hearing was held in the Supreme Court of Dagestan on the criminal case of the kidnapping, rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl from Kaspiysk, Kalimat Omarova. The trial has been going on for seven years. The prosecutor requested a life sentence for the accused, Magomed Mirzalibagandov. The defendant admitted his guilt.

A court in the city of Maisky (Kabardino-Balkaria) fined local resident Timur Stolnikov 15 thousand rubles. He was found guilty under the article on discrediting the Russian army.

The Baku Court of Appeal upheld the 10-year sentence for activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. The defense is preparing a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Chechnya has opened a criminal case over the attempted murder of law enforcement officers. This concerns yesterday's attack on a traffic police post in Achkhoy-Martan.

The prosecutor has asked for 17 years of strict regime imprisonment for 41-year-old Osman Abdurazakov, 51-year-old Leman Zekeryaev, 31-year-old Ayder Asanov, and 39-year-old Ekrem Krosh. They want to sentence 69-year-old Khalil Mambetov and 55-year-old Refat Seidametov to 17 and a half years of imprisonment.

In the city of Achkhoy-Martan, on Kadyrov Street, an unknown man attacked a road patrol post with a knife. Two police officers were injured and taken to the hospital. This was reported by RT, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

The Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Tamerlan Tsgoev, recalled his request addressed to Abkhazia. It is for the self-proclaimed republic to strip the Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev of all state awards and titles. In the Russian Federation, he is recognized as a terrorist.

According to the Head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, Vladimir Putin is a "God-sent president." He said this during his speech at a rally on the occasion of the arrival of the retro train "Pobeda" in the region.