Chechnya was attacked by a drone again, flights were cancelled at the airport
Today at five in the morning an explosion occurred in Grozny. According to preliminary data, a drone attack could have been the cause. According to the opposition Telegram channel 1Adat, the strike occurred near one of the facilities of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Special Forces Regiment.
 
Flights were cancelled at the Grozny airport at night. However, the Russian Defense Ministry did not officially mention Chechnya among the regions that were attacked by drones. Thus, on the morning of December 4, the department reported the destruction of 11 Ukrainian drones: 6 over the Rostov region, 2 over the Kursk region, one each over the Bryansk, Ryazan and Kaluga regions.
 
Recall that on October 29, a drone attacked the Russian Special Forces University in Gudermes, Chechnya. As a result, the roof of the building caught fire. As reported by the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov, there were no casualties.
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