On the night of November 11, 2025, the Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya) announced temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures at Volgograd and Kaluga airports. These measures are being taken to ensure flight safety, agency spokesperson Artem Korenyako reported on his Telegram channel.

Volgograd Airport: Temporary restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures have been introduced., he wrote.

Similar measures were later applied to Kaluga Airport. Such measures have become standard practice when identifying potential threats, including drone attacks. There has been no official confirmation from the authorities of a group of Ukrainian drones heading to these regions, but sources in the security forces do not rule out a connection with the escalation of Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on Russia's border and rear areas.

The Volgograd region was repeatedly attacked by drones in November: on November 6, air defense forces repelled a massive strike, shooting down 49 drones, resulting in the death of a local resident and fires at industrial facilities.

The Kaluga region appears less frequently in reports, but restrictions were recorded at local airports in October due to similar risks.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, hundreds of Ukrainian drones have been shot down over Russian regions since early November, primarily targeting infrastructure. Experts attribute the increase in attacks to Kyiv's attempts to disrupt logistics and energy supplies ahead of winter.