Geolocated footage published on September 16 showed a large explosion at the Rostov Airbase in Rostov Oblast following the Ukrainian strike.
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Geolocated footage published on September 16 shows a large explosion at the Rostov Airbase in Rostov Oblast after the Ukrainian strike.
Drones attacked several areas in Russia on the night of 16-17 September.
A military air base in Rostov-on-Don and an oil refinery in Yaroslavl may have been among the targets.
An air-raid warning was issued in Rostov-on-Don overnight, after which local residents began posting footage of a large fire.
The fire may have broken out on the premises of the Rostov-on-Don-Centralny military air base.
One of the fires broke out near the aircraft parking area.
Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a military airfield in Russia’s Rostov Oblast overnight on Sept. 16.
The Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+ published footage that purportedly showed the moment of an attack on a military airfield in Rostov Oblast.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a Russian Nebo-M radar station near the Millerovo military airfield in Russia’s Rostov region.
The 429th Unmanned Systems Brigade "ACHILLES" carried out the strike together with the 43rd Separate Artillery Brigade.
A RAM-2X drone was used to strike the target, located about 175 km from the line of contact.
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