NASA FIRMS data showed heat anomalies at Taganrog Airbase in Rostov Oblast following reports of Ukrainian strikes in the area.

NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) data from September 7 shows heat anomalies at the Taganrog Airbase, Rostov Oblast (roughly 160 kilometers from the frontline) following reports of Ukrainian strikes in the area.

NASA's FIRMS detected a thermal anomaly at the Taganrog-Central military airfield in Taganrog, near Rostov-on-Don in Rostov Oblast.

Exilenova+ reported that local residents had reported an attack on Taganrog earlier on Sept. 7.

Ukrainian drones reportedly destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter and damaged an Mi-35 at a military airfield in Russia’s Rostov region, according to an analysis of satellite imagery.

Militarnyi reported of the Sept. 7-8 overnight attack, citing analysts from the Absolutely Reliable open-source intelligence channel examining post-strike satellite images.

Neither Ukraine’s General Staff nor Russian authorities had publicly confirmed the damage at the time of publication.

Ukrainian drones struck Russian Mi-35 and Mi-8 helicopters at the 'Taganrog-Central' airfield; the strike on the airfield in Rostov Oblast was delivered on the night of September 7.