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TAGANROG HOLD DAY OF MOURNING FOLLOWING UKRAINE ATTACK
On the night of August 25, Ukraine targeted several regions of Russia, including Taganrog, where a hanger was damaged as a result of an attack.
Early reports from the regional Governor at the time of the attack suggested that the Ukrainian air attack was being repelled, but there had been consequences, such as i n Taganrog and Bessergenevka, where three people had been wounded and were receiving all necessary medical assistance.
Damage was caused to the facade and windows of two apartment buildings and a private house on Instrumentalnaya Street, as well as nearby parked cars, while a warehouse caught fire in an industrial zone, but there was no risk of the fire spreading to the neighbouring buildings.
Rescuers extinguished a fire that broke out in a private house in the Nelinovsky district, as well as a private house in the village of Petrushino, while damage was caused to an external gas pipeline near a private house causing a fire to break out in the village of Petrushino.
Later, the governor issued an update, stating that the Mechanical College building, two industrial enterprises, and Kindergarten No. 7 had been damaged, while noting that one person had died and ten others were injured at this time in the Taganrog and the Neklinovsky district, where two were given assistance on the scene, and eight others were taken to hospital, the Governor wrote.
As morning light came, it was established that at least three people had been killed during the drone attack on the Southern Rostov region, according to local authorities.
According to Rostov region Governor Yury Slyusar, two people died in the city of Taganrog after being brought by paramedics to a local hospital, while a third person was killed instantly by a Ukrainian drone.
Residents reported how the glow looked like a nuclear explosion following the attack, while a fire broke out in the area of the runway near the aircraft manufacturing enterprise TANTK named after G.M. Beriev, and the fire started either on the runway or in its immediate vicinity.
While initial reporting made it unclear which specific facility the runway belonged to, local residents reported that a plane was burning in the attack area, and Ukrainian channels hinted that it could be the A60.
The aircraft manufacturing enterprise TANKT named after G.M. Beriev is located directly in the fire area, while nearby was the main testing base of the plant – the military airfield Taganrog-Yuzhny.
PJSC Taganrog Aviation Scientific and Technical Complex named after G. M. Beriev is an aircraft manufacturing enterprise that specialises in the development, serial production, modernization, and repair of amphibious aircraft and special-purpose aviation complexes, and the plant also performs major repairs of aircraft for the Russian Navy aviation and the Long-Range Aviation of the Russian Air Force.
Reports began to circulate yesterday suggesting that not only was a rare experimental A-60 aircraft equipped with a laser destroyed, but also the important A-100LL for the Russian defence industry, according to Defence Express.
The A-100LL is a flying laboratory based on the Il-76, used for testing systems of the new AWACS aircraft, which was supposed to replace the outdated A-50, and the loss is a serious blow to the Russian program for developing a new AWACS aircraft, which was already on the verge of being shut down.
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the attack in the region as well as hits on the repair plant TANTK and the UAV production enterprise Molniya – Atlantic Aero.
“During the strike on the TANTK named after G.M. Beriev, the experimental A-60 aircraft was likely hit, but this enterprise also carries out repair and modernisation of A-50 AWACS aircraft and Russian strategic Tu-95MS bombers,” the General Staff claimed.
During the large-scale attack by Ukraine, Russia shot down 116 drones over the Black Sea, 76 over Krasnodar Krai, 23 over Crimea, and 16 over Rostov, although they destroyed 249 in total between 11pm November 24 and 7am November 25 Moscow time.
Following the attack a state of emergency had been declared in Taganrog by the city head Svetlana Kambulova, stating that it had been declared in the region near the facilities damaged as a result of the attack.
Dmitry was 18-years-old, who studied at the Taganrog Metallurgical College, combining studies with part time work because he dreamed of owning his own car, and the night of the attack he had stayed late at work.
When the attack began, an explosion caused a two-story building to catch fire, so Dima rushed to the scene and started helping to evacuate people, but at one point, a fragment of another drone hit him, and the injury turned out to be fatal.
Dima’s mother seemed to feel that something bad was going to happen to her son, so when Olga could not reach her son by phone, she called the local police officer who delivered the tragic news, that the youngest child of the family of five had passed away.
Dmitry is due to be buries on November 27, the day of his sister’s birthday.
During the day of official mourning, flags will be lowered throughout the city, cultural institutions and local TV and radio companies are recommended to cancel entertainment events, while necessary assistance, including psychological support, will be provided to the families of the deceased and injured, said Svetlana Kambnulova on Telegram.
On the night of November 27, Taganrog was under attack yet again, according to the Governor of Rostov, as air defences repelled an attack over Taganrok and the Neklinovsky district.
Due to a drone crash in the Dmitriadovsky settlement, a woman was injured, while damage was caused to the roof of a private house, as the repelling of the attack continued.
