Moscow.- The Russian Defense Ministry today accused Ukraine of committing a “terrorist attack” by firing an S-200 missile against the city of Taganrog, in southern Russia.
“The Kiev regime carried out a terrorist attack with an S-200 anti-aircraft missile modified to attack (ground targets) against the residential infrastructure of the city of Taganrog, in the Rostov region,” the military statement published on Telegram states. .
The note indicates that the missile was intercepted in the air, but its remains fell on the territory of the Russian city, located on the shores of the Azov Sea.
“As a result of the terrorist act committed by the kyiv regime, several buildings were damaged and there were also victims among the civilian population,” the note states.
The governor of the Rostov region, Vasili Gólubev, reported nine hospitalized due to the event, although with minor or medium-severity injuries.
The information on the material damage suffered by the homes and an affected cafeteria is being specified, he added.
Later, the Russian Defense Ministry issued a new statement in which it reported a second missile shot down over the Rostov region.
“Russian anti-aircraft forces intercepted the missile near the city of Azov, in the Rostov region,” the military statement said.
The note adds that the fragments of this second missile “fell in an unpopulated area.”
The independent outlet Vazhnie Istorii wrote on Telegram that the place where the remains of the first downed projectile fell is about 10 kilometers from an airbase, where Russian A-50 early warning planes are parked.
Tu-95 bombers and special tracks for launching drones are also deployed at that airfield.
