It serves ships sailing along the Azov, Black and Mediterranean seas. Today's explosion hit just over a mile away from the Taganrog commercial seaport, whose main cargoes are metal and coal. If these were indeed Ukrainian missiles, today's incidents are a signal that a Russian metropolis - home to over a million people - is within Ukraine's reach. Not only is Rostov-on-Don one of Russia's largest cities, but it was also a crucial launchpad for the assault by Russian and Wagner troops on the Donbas region. Like Taganrog, it's pretty close to Rostov-on-Don. The regional governor claims another Ukrainian missile was also shot down this afternoon over the town of Azov.
In fact, it is the last major Russian settlement along the Sea of Azov, until you reach the Ukrainian border 30 miles away. Taganrog is relatively close to Ukraine's Donetsk region - territory Russia now claims. Kyiv has not yet commented on the attack.īut if Russia is to be believed, why might Ukraine have been targeting Taganrog? Moscow says it's a "terrorist attack" by Ukraine, but has not said anything about what they think Ukraine was aiming at. With any incident during this war, it's nearly always a question of Russia saying one thing, and Ukraine saying the other.Īs we've been reporting, Russia's military says the explosion in Taganrog, a Russian city about 30 miles from Ukraine's border, was caused by debris from a Ukrainian missile downed by air defence systems.
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