Russia's cities of Taganrog and Kursk attacked by drones overnight: aircraft company repairing A-50 aircraft targeted – video

The Russian cities of Taganrog and Kursk were attacked by drones on the night of 8-9 March. The Beriev Aircraft Company in Taganrog was damaged.

Source: Astra and Mash, Russian Telegram channels; Vasily Golubev, Governor of Russia’s Rostov Oblast, on Telegram; Roman Starovoit, Governor of Russia’s Kursk Oblast, on Telegram

Details: Local residents reported a large number of drones in the skies over Taganrog. 

People heard at least five explosions. Eyewitnesses stated that the drones were flying from the sea. In addition, air defence systems were responding.

The drone raid lasted more than an hour. Golubev called the attack "large-scale" and said it was repelled by Russian air defence.

He said that an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who was involved in the relief operation on the ground, was injured. He was taken to hospital, and his life is not in danger any more.

Local Telegram channels reported that the Beriev Aircraft Company might have been damaged. 

Kursk local authorities also reported a drone attack. 

Starovoit noted that the debris of the UAV shot down in Kursk fell on the roof of a polyclinic. Patients in the intensive care unit of a nearby hospital were evacuated because of the threat of an explosion.

Updated at 06:00: Russia's Ministry of Defence reported that 47 drones were supposedly intercepted and destroyed over Russian oblasts overnight: one over Belgorod Oblast, two over Kursk Oblast, three over Volgograd Oblast and 41 over Rostov Oblast.

Updated at 07:00: Russian military bloggers stated that the target of the large-scale UAV attack in Taganrog was the Beriev Aircraft Company, which produces Be-200 amphibious aircraft. In addition, an A-50 Russian long-range radar detection aircraft is currently being repaired in the plant's workshops, as it was previously damaged in a drone attack.

This article has been updated since publication.

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