Drones attack railway junction in Russia's Rostov Oblast – videos

Drones attacked the town of Salsk in Russia's Rostov Oblast on the night of 28-29 July. Local residents have reported a large-scale fire near railway facilities.

Source: Russian Telegram channels; Russian Defence Ministry on Telegram

Details: Local residents wrote on social media that Salsk had come under drone attack. Several Telegram channels reported a series of explosions at around 02:00 and the sound of air defence systems responding.

Videos posted on social media show a large-scale fire which, according to eyewitnesses, broke out near the railway junction.

Ukrainska Pravda's editorial team cannot independently verify this information.

Salsk is known as a major railway junction in Rostov Oblast's southeast.

Acting Rostov Oblast Governor Yury Slyusar confirmed the attack on the railway station.

"A fire broke out at the railway station and a passenger train was moved to a safe distance. A total of 45 firefighters and 12 appliances are involved in the firefighting effort," he said.

Update: The Russian Defence Ministry reported in the morning that their air defence had supposedly intercepted and destroyed 74 Ukrainian UAVs. They claimed to have downed 43 drones over Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, 22 over Rostov Oblast, 6 over Kaluga Oblast, 2 over Smolensk Oblast and 1 over Leningrad Oblast. 

The Defence Ministry has not reported the total number of drones that attacked Russia, as usual, and avoids mentioning the consequences of the attack.

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