Drone attack damages railway substation and highway bridge in Russia's Taganrog
Photo: Firefighters from Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations (Getty Images)
On the night of November 15, drones attacked the Rostov region of Russia. Power substations in Taganrog were damaged, suspending train service, and a bridge on Highway R-280 was damaged, according to Rostov region governor Yuriy Slyusar.
A power substation in Taganrog that supplies power to the railroad has been damaged. Power has been cut to the lines between Taganrog Passenger Station and Mikhailovka Station, and train service has been suspended.
Another substation, in the Shubin neighborhood, caught fire following an attack.
In the Neklinovsky district, the road deck of a bridge crossing the railroad tracks at the 64th kilometer of Highway R-280 was damaged. Traffic across the bridge has been blocked, and vehicles are being rerouted through Taganrog and the village of Pokrovskoye. This highway runs from Rostov toward the occupied territories in southern Ukraine.
Drone attack damages railway substation and highway bridge in Russia's Taganrog pic.twitter.com/nCqgxgosdn
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According to the governor, the chief engineer of a power substation was killed in Taganrog. Four other people were injured when drone debris fell on their cars on the highway and at a gas station.
That same night, drones also attacked other regions of Russia. In Tatarstan, a strike set off a fire in Nizhnekamsk, presumably at the Nizhnekamskneftekhim plant, one of the country's largest petrochemical facilities.
Attacks on targets in Russia have recently become systematic. On the night of November 13, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Volgograd oil refinery, and a few days earlier, the Ukrainian military attacked five of Russia's largest oil refineries.
