Videos shared across local Telegram channels showed smoke rising over several districts following a series of loud detonations.
OSINT analysts cited by Astra Telegram channel determined that one primary smoke column rose directly from the area of the Taganrog-Tsentralny military airfield.
The air base serves as the home station for Russia’s 708th Military Transport Aviation Regiment.
Adjacent to the airfield sits the 325th Aircraft Repair Plant, a strategic defense facility specializing in the overhaul and maintenance of military transport aircraft and aviation components.
Monitoring channel Crimean Wind reported that satellite data also registered a separate blaze on the grounds of the Taganrog Automobile Plant (TagAZ), with local monitoring groups indicating a potential storage tank fire.
Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova confirmed the assault early Saturday morning, claiming that Russian air defense units intercepted incoming unmanned aircraft.
“Around 7:00 a.m., air defenses destroyed drones,” Kambulova said in an official statement, conceding that the falling debris triggered localized fires across the municipal area.
