Key facts
- Governor Yuri Slyusar said the chief engineer of a Taganrog electrical substation was killed and four people were injured.
- Slyusar said two substations were damaged, a fire broke out in the Shubin district and rail traffic was suspended.
- A bridge over railway tracks in the Neklinovsky district was struck, closing traffic on a section of the R-280 highway.
- Slyusar said air defenses destroyed approximately 50 drones overnight across Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don and seven districts.
- ASTRA said its open-source analysis identified the 220-kilovolt Taganrog-10 substation as a likely target.
A drone attack on Russia's Rostov Oblast overnight into November 15 killed the chief engineer of an electrical substation in Taganrog and injured four other people, regional Governor Yuri Slyusar said in a Telegram post. Three men and one woman were hospitalized after drone debris fell on their vehicle on a highway and at a gas station, he said.
The attack damaged two electrical substations in Taganrog, including one supplying power to railway infrastructure, according to Slyusar. A fire broke out at a substation in the city's Shubin district, and power lines between the Taganrog-Passenger and Mikhailovka railway stations were left without electricity. Rail traffic was suspended as a result, the governor said.
A section of the R-280 highway was damaged when a bridge over railway tracks in the Neklinovsky district was struck. Traffic across the bridge was closed, and vehicles were diverted through Taganrog and the village of Pokrovskoye. Five vehicles were damaged, including four near the bridge and one at a gas station.
Slyusar said Russian air defenses destroyed approximately 50 drones overnight across Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don and seven districts of Rostov Oblast, and warned that the threat of further drone attacks remained.
Independent Russian outlet ASTRA, citing its own open-source analysis, identified the 220-kilovolt Taganrog-10 substation as a likely target. The facility supplies electricity to Taganrog's industrial zone, including the TAGMET plant.
Ukrainian forces have targeted infrastructure in the region in the past. An earlier attack on November 8 damaged a bridge and power stations, according to Russian authorities. Ukraine's military had not publicly claimed responsibility for the latest attack at the time of reporting.