Ukraine strikes drone warehouses, FPV production and air defenses near Taganrog
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Smoke over Taganrog after an overnight drone attack on Sept. 12, 2026. (Photo: Russian media)
Ukraine’s SBU Security Service and the Defense Forces
carried out an operation near Taganrog
in Russia’s Rostov Oblast overnight on Sept. 12, striking several military
targets, the SBU reported.
The agency said drones operated by the SBU’s Alpha Special
Operations Center struck two drone storage warehouses, an FPV drone production
facility, a Pantsir-S2 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft gun system, a
fuel and lubricants storage tank and a P-18 Terek radar station. Fires were
recorded at all the targets struck.
The SBU said destroying drone production and storage
facilities reduces Russian forces’ ability to use drones against Ukraine and
called the operation a direct response to Russia’s large-scale attacks on
civilian infrastructure using attack drones.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the attack on
Taganrog and reported additional strikes that day. He said two Russian chemical
industry facilities in the Perm and Samara regions were hit, along with a
target in the Black Sea. Zelenskyy thanked Ukrainian troops for their accuracy.
Zelenskyy also said the destruction of a Russian Su-33
aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters in the Krasnodar and Rostov regions had been
confirmed this week, along with a strike on an oil facility in Perm.
Telegram channel Astra reported thick smoke near the
Taganrog-Centralny military airfield inside the city after the drone attack.
Astra’s OSINT analysts said the airfield was likely the target of the strike.
The airfield is used by the 708th Military Transport
Aviation Regiment. The 325th Aircraft Repair Plant, which repairs transport
aircraft and aviation components, is located nearby.
At around 7 a.m., Taganrog head Svetlana Kambulova confirmed
an attack on the city, claiming Russian air defenses had “destroyed the
drones,” after which fires broke out in the city.
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