Orenburg Oblast declares UAV attack danger for ninth time in January

In Orenburg Oblast, a UAV attack danger has been declared once again. Governor Yevgeny Solntsev traditionally announced this at 07:36.

— Be vigilant! Follow further notifications from the regional government! — he wrote in his Telegram channel.

For the ongoing 2026, this is far from the first time a UAV danger regime has been declared. The first instance occurred literally when everyone was sitting at holiday tables — at 01:20 on January 1 (and later — again, during the day of that same day), the second time — on January 2, the third time — on the 4th, the fourth time — on the 6th (on this day, the «Carpet» plan was announced for the first time), the fifth time — on January 15 (again with «Carpet»), the sixth — on the 17th, the seventh — on the 20th, the eighth — yesterday, January 21, and now once more.

Who and how decides to activate the alert system — in this article. What to do if you see a drone in the sky, read here. Filming them is prohibited — a decree has already been adopted and there are people who have «earned» administrative penalties because of this. The exact list of shelter addresses is a state secret: here — what was said about them in the mayor«s office and government. Mobile internet works poorly during such regimes — residents complain that even sites from the »white list« »die.« However, Yevgeny Solntsev on a direct line commented on the outages — he asked Orenburg residents to »be patient.«

UPDATE:

The UAV danger all-clear was announced at 11:09.