Rostov region

Dozens of drones attacked Russian regions overnight into Monday. Local authorities report casualties and destruction.

A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter was shot down by Russian air defenses during a Ukrainian drone attack in Rostov Oblast overnight into Wednesday, killing all three crew members, reported the Russian Telegram channel ASTRA, designated a foreign agent by Russian authorities.

Russian authorities reported a drone attack on the Kuteinikovo railway station in Rostov Oblast, causing train delays, according to Acting Governor Yuri Slyusar and Russian Railways.

Defense Forces of Ukraine hit an oil depot in Russia’s Rostov Oblast and destroyed the radar station of the Buk-M3 air defense system of the Russian military in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, reported the General Staff of the Armed Forces.

For the fifth day, a large-scale fire at the Kavkaz oil depot, targeted by the Ukrainian military, is being extinguished in Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast of the Russian Federation, local media report.

Overnight, units of the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the position of the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system near Novoshakhtinsk in Russia’s Rostov Oblast, reported the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.