Drone strikes set Russian military airbase on fire in Rostov-on-Don
A large-scale drone barrage targeted Rostov-on-Don overnight on September 17, sparking a fire at a Russian military airbase, according to independent monitoring channels.
On September 17, a significant drone assault targeted the Rostov-on-Don region, igniting a fire at a Russian military airbase, according to independent monitoring sources. Air raid sirens blared throughout the city as residents shared video footage of the extensive blaze in the area. Online geolocation tools pinpointed the inferno to the Rostov-on-Don Tsentralny military airfield.
The majority of the blaze (denoted by a red circle) was centered on a portion of the airfield typically utilized for parking military aircraft and helicopters. Local monitoring channels also reported strikes on base facilities and military aircraft, accompanied by video recordings from various perspectives that depicted consecutive secondary explosions ravaging the site.
Governor Yury Slyusar of Rostov Oblast confirmed that a fire had erupted following the attack, though he did not specifically mention the military airfield. According to Slyusar, debris from the drones fell on a substation, prompting a secondary explosion that caused power outages in four districts within the oblast. Thick plumes of smoke were observed near the Taganrog-Central military airfield on September 12 following a drone assault, as local social media platforms flagged incoming drones over Rostov Oblast.
Eyewitness videos shared online enabled open-source intelligence analysts to geolocate the smoke plumes directly to the airbase, suggesting it was a primary target of the strike.
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