Ukraine hits Taganrog aircraft repair plant

November 25, 2025November 26, 2025

Independent sources report that Ukraine hits Taganrog aircraft repair plant in Rostov Oblast — specifically, the Beriev facility. According to preliminary data, this wasn’t just a fire but two separate blazes: one at an open parking area and another in a massive hangar workshop. Here’s the kicker: local sources claim a Tu-95 strategic bomber was undergoing modernization in the hangar, while an A-60 aircraft burned at the open parking area. This is an experimental machine, a modified Il-76 fitted with combat laser equipment.

Only two aircraft ever received this modernization — “1A” and “2A”. And now one of them came under attack and, according to eyewitnesses, burned down. Our military just removed one of the dangerous teeth of this venomous entity and did a favor for our NATO partners. For context: this plant modernizes and repairs Il-76 aircraft, turns them into A-50 AWACS planes, and now works on converting them into A-60 experimental laser-weapon platforms.

General Staff Reports Unusually Fast

Unexpectedly fast, our General Staff reported on tonight’s events in the Swamps*. While the Air Force more or less always summarized results roughly an hour after the enemy’s air attack ended, the General Staff usually reported on operations closer to evening or even the next day. Sometimes they do this to double-check that the strike actually hit the target and that the munitions reached it. In other cases, they already have confirmation but avoid revealing how quickly certain sources can provide it. Operational speed shouldn’t be demonstrated to the enemy.

This happens when intelligence assets provide the source, and in specific cases, besides intelligence data, no other way exists to obtain confirmation. To protect the source, our specialists add a delay until other confirmation becomes possible. But today, the General Staff released a detailed report on strikes against targets on enemy territory by 11:00 AM. We therefore continue the topic of tonight’s events with a quote from the official General Staff Telegram channel.

Quotes of General Staff

…On November 25, units of the Missile Forces and Artillery, in cooperation with Special Operations Forces, Naval Coastal Missile Forces, and Unmanned Systems Forces, including the use of Bars reactive UAVs and Neptune cruise missiles, successfully struck several strategic facilities of the russian aggressor.

In particular, we confirmed hits on the Aircraft Repair Plant “TANTK named after G.M. Beriev” and the UAV production facility “Molniya” — “Atlant Aero” in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, rf. Numerous explosions and significant fires broke out on the facilities’ territory.

During the strike on the “TANTK named after G.M. Beriev” plant, the experimental A-60 aircraft was likely hit. This facility also performs repairs and modernization of A-50 AWACS aircraft and russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers.

In addition, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, in close cooperation, successfully struck the “Sheskharis” oil terminal in Novorossiysk, as well as the “Tuapse” oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, rf. According to preliminary information, oil stenders (devices for loading/unloading oil to tankers) and a launcher from the S-400 air defense system were hit in Novorossiysk…

What Our Military Know

As you can see, our military confirm they had data on assets at the airfield when Ukraine hits Taganrog aircraft repair plant. Early reports said that once the attack began, the enemy tried to get their experimental A-60 aircraft into the air. But our forces caught it on the runway and struck it there. The General Staff confirms this. However, only those in the know or those with access to intelligence analytics based on satellite imagery could have known that a heavy Tu-95 bomber was sitting in the hangar and that something flew in there too. Yet the General Staff points to the possibility of hitting precisely these two assets.

Moreover, the military say they repeated their recent Novorossiysk success last night. It was pure deja vu: first, our forces destroyed the S-400 system guarding the port, then another strike slammed into the Sheskharis oil terminal. The russians had just claimed yesterday that they partially restored its loading equipment — and now our attack wrecked it again.

This can already be considered an open signal to everyone trying to receive oil from this terminal. Strikes against it are becoming regular and openly dangerous. Well, those who take risks and dock there for loading should understand the consequences of such a step and will probably demand compensation for the risk. And who will insure that — completely unclear.

Several sources report that, at the same time, something heavy was headed toward Crimea. The General Staff did not comment on any events in that direction. Perhaps this was done for the reasons detailed above.