An electrical substation engineer was killed in Taganrog during an airstrike.
As a result of a nighttime drone attack in Taganrog, a man was killed and four others were injured. Over the past year, at least eight people have died in the city due to airstrikes.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", Rostov region is regularly subjected to drone attacks. For instance, on the night of November 14, a fire broke out in a hotel in the North Garden hamlet due to a drone attack, near which there is an oil depot.
On the night of November 13, five apartment buildings and a production facility were damaged in Rostov-on-Don during a drone attack, and one person was injured. In the Azov district, five private houses were damaged. According to the governor, more than 120 drones were neutralized in the region.
Last night, as a result of an airstrike in Taganrog, a man was killed - the chief engineer of the electrical substation, the governor of Rostov region Yuri Slyusar reported today on his Telegram channel.
"Four people - three men and a woman were injured as a result of drone debris falling on their cars on the highway and at a gas station. The injured have been hospitalized," he wrote.
Damage to vehicles has repeatedly appeared in reports about the consequences of drone attacks in Rostov region, but until December 2025, compensation for them was not provided. Only after a resident of Taganrog, who lost his car, asked a question about payments during a direct line with the governor, did the authorities establish a procedure for compensations to car owners. The resolution provides for payments of up to 500,000 rubles for a damaged car and up to a million for a destroyed one.
Train movement halted after drone strike
As a result of the airstrike, the roadway of the bridge over the railway tracks in the Neklinovsky district was damaged, and four cars were damaged there. Traffic through the bridge is closed, and it is organized through Taganrog and the village of Pokrovskoye, the official noted.
"On the same highway, one car was damaged in the parking lot of a gas station due to falling drone debris. In Taganrog, the electrical substation servicing the railway was damaged. There is no fire. Power lines from Taganrog-Passenger station to Mikhailovka station are de-energized. Rail transport movement has been suspended," he wrote.
In addition, in Taganrog, the electrical substation in the Shubin quarter was damaged. "A fire broke out. Special services are ensuring the elimination of the consequences. In total, last night, during the repulsion of the airstrike, about 50 drones were destroyed in the cities of Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don and in 7 districts of the region: Neklinovsky, Verkhnedonskoy, Kamensky, Tarasovsky, Millerovsky, Sholokhovsky, Chertkovsky," Slyusar reported.
In Rostov region, there is a ban on filming air attacks and their consequences, anti-aircraft defense operations, and locations of military units. A corresponding decree by the governor has been published on "Caucasian Knot".
At least eight people have died in Taganrog due to airstrikes over the year
According to calculations by "Caucasian Knot", based on official reports from the authorities, today's incident became at least the eighth case of a person's death due to an airstrike in Taganrog over the past year.
Before this, since November 2025, at least seven people have died in Taganrog as a result of drone and missile strikes. In particular, on July 29, according to the authorities, debris from a missile hit a residential apartment building, resulting in the death of a woman.
On July 11, ships in Taganrog Bay were subjected to drone attacks, resulting in the death of a sailor from a technical vessel. On the night of April 4, a person died as a result of an airstrike in Taganrog, and four others were injured.
On March 29, as a result of a drone attack in Taganrog, a person died, and eight others required medical assistance. On January 13, a woman died in Taganrog as a result of an attack.
Taganrog is home to the aircraft factory "TANTK named after Beriev", and in several reports from the authorities about airstrikes, addresses located near the aircraft factory were mentioned - in particular, on November 25, 2025, when three people died in Rostov region as a result of a drone attack. During this attack, at least one of the deceased was in Taganrog, as well as a 76-year-old local resident who was injured and later died in the hospital.
On April 19, three people were injured during a drone attack, and the territories of the aircraft factory and Primorsky Park were cordoned off. Telegram users then called for the evacuation of the enterprise beyond the city limits for the safety of residents.