According to ASTRA*, in addition to the aircraft repair plant, a military unit where the 5th aviation group of the 6955th AvB is stationed was affected.
Later, the Ministry of Defense confirmed the strike on the military airfield in Taganrog with ATACMS missiles, reporting that military personnel were injured. The department stated that two American ATACMS missiles «were shot down by the Pantsir air defense system, the rest were diverted by electronic warfare means», due to the «falling missile fragments» personnel were injured. There is no destruction, but two buildings on the technical territory of the airfield and three units of military automotive equipment, as well as civilian vehicles in the parking lot adjacent to the airfield, were damaged by fragments.
As ASTRA found out, 41 were injured, one serviceman died.
«This attack with Western long-range weapons will not go unanswered, appropriate measures will be taken», — stated the Ministry of Defense.
Deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh stated that there is a possibility of a repeated strike on Ukraine with the medium-range ballistic missile «Oreshnik».
* Recognized in Russia as a «foreign agent».