This is the list of attacks and conflicts that occurred in 2019 in the course of the Insurgency in the North Caucasus, a low-intensity conflict in Russia's North Caucasian republics.
| Date | Location | Deaths | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 January | Karabudakhkentsky District, Dagestan | 0 (+3) | Three suspected militants who attacked a patrol post were killed by police. [1] |
| 13 January | Sunzhensky District, Republic of Ingushetia | 1 | Gunfire on a car of the local head of Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism left one policeman dead. [1] |
| 24 January | Kabardino-Balkaria | 0 (+4) | Four assailants were killed and one policeman was injured in an attack on a police post. [1] |
| 19 February | Derbentsky District, Dagestan | 0 (+1) | One suspected militant was killed in a reported "counter-terrorism operation". [2] |
| 27 February | Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria | 0 (+3) | Three militants were reportedly killed in a shootout during counter-terrorism operation in the city of Nalchik. [2] |
| 14 March | Shpakovsky District, Stavropol Krai | 0 (+2) | Two alleged IS militants were killed in a shootout with police officers. [3] |
| 26 March | Nazran, Ingushetia | 0 | Several gunmen injured three people, including the Nazran mayor's son, in shooting at the town hall. [4] |
| 3 April | Kabardino-Balkaria | 0 (+2) | Police shot dead two suspected militants who refused order to stop their car and opened fire on police. [5] |
| 24 May | Kizilyurtovsky District, Dagestan | 0 (+3) | Security forces killed three suspected militants and find automatic weapons and munitions. [6] |
| 23 June | Grozny, Chechnya | 0 (+1) | Security forces killed a Chechen citizen after he stabbed one policeman and shot and wounded another. Islamic State (ISIS) claimed responsibility. [7] |
| 1 July | Achkhoy-Martan, Achkhoy-Martanovsky District, Chechnya | 1 (+1) | One Russian personnel and an IS militant were killed during a stabbing attack perpetrated in the municipality Katyr-Yurt, Achkhoy-Martan, in Achkhoy-Martanovsky District. The next day, the Islamic State claimed that a member of the group was responsible for the attack. [8] [9] [10] |
| 9 September | Grozny, Chechnya | 0 (+1) | Security forces killed a Chechen citizen after he shot at policemen. [11] |
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