Dagestan has a long tradition of local militias defending their homeland Authorities in Russia’s southern Republic of Dagestan have honored 34 local hunters who helped repel Ukrainian drone attacks. Dagestan’s interior minister, General Abdurashid Magomedov, met with the hunters on Thursday to personally thank them for their efforts, according to footage shared by his spokesman online. The Russian Defense Ministry last reported a Ukrainian drone raid on Dagestan on October 22, when it said 13