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Four people were injured in a drone attack on the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic; their condition is stable. The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister demanded an explanation from Iran, and a member of parliament called on the neighboring country to apologize for the drone attack.

On March 4, 30 drones were spotted over Abkhazia; they were shot down by Abkhazian and Russian air defense forces. Drone wreckage was found in 11 settlements, causing a power outage in one village.

One drone crashed inside the airport terminal, and the other crashed near a school in the village of Shekerabad. The airport building was damaged, and two people were injured.

Following a retrial of a criminal case for disrupting the activities of a correctional facility, the Shali City Court of Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to three years and 10 months in a penal colony.

The publication of three amateur films about the final period of the Armenian population's stay in Karabakh has sparked debate about the region's territorial jurisdiction and the perpetrators of the conflict.

Rinat Kusaliyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 719 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

The Azerbaijani armed forces suffered irreparable losses in the first two months of 2026, totaling eight personnel, all of whom died in non-combat situations.

Sixteen drones were shot down over four regions of the Southern Federal District. A drone alert was also declared in the North Caucasus.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania has overturned a first-instance court ruling that rejected the appeal of Krasnodar lawyer Mikhail Benyash, who challenged the decision of the Migration Department to revoke his residence permit in Lithuania due to his trips to Belarus.

At least 4,326 servicemen from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,478 from the Southern Federal District have been killed in fighting in Ukraine, according to official reports from administrations and security agencies.

Judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled out the possibility of reviewing the sentence of Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the publications Netgazeti and Batumelebi, by refusing to consider the appeal of her defense.

An eight-story residential building on Azizov Street in Makhachkala has been declared illegal and is scheduled for demolition. Some Telegram users sympathized with the building's residents, while others blamed the buyers of the illegally built apartments for the city's infrastructure problems.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Stavropol resident Artur Shamanov to three years in prison, finding his comments on a messenger to be justification and propaganda for terrorism.

Voldemar Petrov, Stanislav Durakov, Rasul Saryev, and four other fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 190 soldiers from Karachay-Cherkessia killed there.

A 50-year-old resident of Novorossiysk has been accused of posting calls on social media to set fire to hospitals.

In the Rostov region, three young men were charged for a video of them dancing near an Orthodox church. The participants apologized to the police for their actions.

A member of the Dagestani parliament, who, according to Telegram channels, was criticized by the head of the republic for poor tax collection, bears no responsibility for the large-scale corruption in the republic. Small businesses, who will be subject to further audits, will also fail to generate sufficient revenue.

A Stavropol Krai court has denied animal rights activists' request to invalidate a regional law permitting the euthanization of stray animals. The activists announced they are preparing an appeal.

Supporters of European integration have marched outside the Georgian parliament for the 462nd day in a row. Two protesters were sentenced today to administrative arrest for blocking a road.