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Military operation in Ukraine

One civilian killed, two others injured: aftermath of Ukrainian aerial attack on Taganrog

Medics are providing the injured civilians with all necessary assistance

© Gyanzhevi Gadzhibalaev/TASS

ROSTOV-ON-DON, July 29. /TASS/. Ukrainian missile debris fell on an apartment building in Taganrog in southern Russia, killing a woman and injuring a man, Rostov Region Governor Yury Slyusar wrote on his Max channel.

Also, a civilian was injured in a massive Ukrainian drone attack on the southern Russian city.

TASS has put together key facts about the Ukrainian aerial attack.

Missile debris falls on apartment building

- Missile debris fell on an apartment building in Taganrog in southern Russia, Rostov Region Governor Yury Slyusar said.

- As a result, a woman was killed and a man was injured.

- The injured man is receiving all the necessary medical assistance, Slyusar said.

- The governor expressed condolences to the relatives of the killed woman.

UAV attack

- In addition, a civilian was injured in Taganrog as a result of a massive Ukrainian UAV attack, Slyusar said.

- Medics are rendering all necessary assistance to the injured person.

Situation in Taganrog

- Several private houses and businesses were damaged in Taganrog in the Rostov Region as a result of the massive Ukrainian aerial attack, Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova said on her Max channel.

- An apartment building was damaged as a result of the attack, she specified.

- People were promptly evacuated from the damaged building.

- Several private households and businesses were damaged in the Ukrainian aerial attack.

- Emergency response teams are working at the scene of fallen debris.

- The Taganrog mayor specified that a special commission will start its work to survey damaged buildings and estimate damage.

- Drone debris was found on the premises of production companies and the Taganrog Sea Port, Slyusar reported.

- No blazes were registered.

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