On 23 June 2024, coordinated attacks were launched in the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala in the Russian republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus.

[6][7] Two synagogues, two Eastern Orthodox churches, and a traffic police post were attacked simultaneously[8][9] with automatic weapons and Molotov cocktails.

[15] Russian media reported that five of the perpetrators were identified by authorities, including one son and two nephews of Magomed Omarov, the head of Dagestan's Sergokalinsky District.

Following the Chechen wars, a series of terrorist attacks and clashes between Russian and Islamist forces persisted into the 2010s.

[39][33][34][35][7][6] The priest was identified as Father Nikolay Kotelnikov, who had served the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Derbent for over four decades and was killed there by the attackers.

[45] A video showed militants in black clothing in Makhachkala shooting at passing police cars with machine guns.

[37] At approximately 19:00 local time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs posted a video showing the attackers firing at police officers on Magomedgadzhiev Street in Makhachkala.

[58][59] Russian media reported that several relatives of Magomed Omarov, the head of Dagestan's Sergokalinsky District, were among the perpetrators of the attacks.

[18] Radio Free Europe reported that the attackers may be part of the Mekegin clan, a group with ties to the Dagestani leadership.

[66] Magomed Omarov himself submitted a resignation letter and was subsequently detained and questioned by the Russian Federal Security Service.

[74][75] Many militants from Dagestan traveled to join the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and in 2015 the group declared that it had established a "franchise" in the North Caucasus.

[86][87][21] According to his press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, Putin does not plan to make a special address regarding the Dagestan attacks.

[88][56] Tatyana Moskalkova, Russia's commissioner for human rights, condemned the perpetrators of the attacks, and expressed condolences for those affected.

[89] The head of Ingushetia, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, claimed that the terrorist attacks and a Ukrainian bombing in Sevastopol that occurred on the same day were linked together as attempts by "enemies" to destabilize the country.

[16][91] Member of the People's Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan Abdulkhakim Gadzhiyev posted on Telegram that there was "no doubt" that the intelligence services of Ukraine and NATO countries were connected to the attacks.

[7][95] According to Khizri Abakarov, senator Suleiman Kerimov promised to finance the restoration of the damaged churches and synagogues, and to pay 5 million rubles each to the families of the deceased.

"[35] Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch called the attack "a giant failure of the [Russian] intelligence agencies.