Rostov Region

April 04, 2026 08:19

• Five people were killed in an airstrike in Taganrog.

  An airstrike in Taganrog killed one person and seriously injured four others. A commercial vessel was damaged by a drone strike in the Sea of ​​Azov.

April 03, 2026 14:14

• Security forces reported on the prevention of a terrorist attack in Bataysk.

  Two unemployed men from Rostov-on-Don intended to set fire to communications and power supply facilities, and had previously burned down a cell tower in Rostov-on-Don. They have been arrested, according to security officials.

April 03, 2026 08:32

• The arrest of the former head of the Rostov police department has been extended in connection with a bribery case.

  The Pervomaisky District Court of Rostov-on-Don extended the pretrial detention of Sergei Shpak, former head of the Rostov-on-Don Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for six months. He is accused of bribery, fraud, and illegal circulation of payment instruments. During the court hearing, he filed a motion to be transferred to the special military unit.

April 02, 2026 11:08

• Imprisonment for comments and posts has become routine in courts in southern Russia.

  Over the past four months, courts in southern Russia have sentenced at least seven people to prison terms for social media posts. The actual number of such sentences is significantly higher, as not all terrorism justification cases are included in public court records.

April 02, 2026 03:56

• A Krasnodar teenager was fined for acquitting a New Zealand terrorist.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don has imposed a fine on a minor resident of Krasnodar accused of justifying terrorism for a comment about Brenton Tarrant.

April 01, 2026 21:20

• Those accused of plotting a terrorist attack were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Rostov-on-Don.

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced two 25-year-old women from the Leningrad Region and a man from Udmurtia to prison terms ranging from 17 to 20 years on charges of plotting a terrorist attack in the capital of the Don.

April 01, 2026 18:27

• A Novorossiysk resident was sentenced to 20 years for treason.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don found Kuban resident Miloslav Oleynik guilty of treason and participation in a terrorist organization.

April 01, 2026 10:06

• 33 drones were shot down in three regions of southern Russia.

  Last night, the military shot down drones in the Rostov Region, Krasnodar Krai, and Stavropol Krai. Drones were also destroyed over the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea.

April 01, 2026 07:30

• Residents' homes in Rostov Oblast damaged by drone attack

  In the Rostov region, 15 private homes were damaged as a result of a drone attack. The governor announced assistance for the victims.

April 01, 2026 05:02

• A resident of the Zaporizhzhia region was convicted in Rostov-on-Don for preparing terrorist attacks.

  The Southern District Military Court sentenced Zaporizhzhia Oblast resident Andriy Dyachenko to 20 years in a maximum-security penal colony, finding him guilty of preparing terrorist acts.

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