175 Rostov residents reported damage after drone attack

Rostov-on-Don authorities have received 175 property damage claims from residents of buildings damaged during the drone attack on August 14. Twenty buildings were damaged, the head of the region reported.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, Volgograd and Rostov regions were attacked by drones on August 14. In Rostov-on-Don, 15 multi-story buildings and one private home were damaged, 212 residents of the damaged buildings were evacuated. 13 Rostov residents were hospitalized, including two in serious condition; by the evening, six victims remained in hospitals.

Acting Governor of the Rostov Region Yuri Slyusar clarified information on the destruction in the Oktyabrsky District of Rostov-on-Don after the UAV attack on the evening of August 14. According to the official's latest report, 20 buildings were damaged.

“Windows, balconies, and cars parked nearby were damaged. The commission is working quickly to determine the damage caused. At the moment, 175 applications have been received,” the official reported on his Telegram channel.

20 assessment groups will be involved in the inspection of the damaged objects. The authorities are doing everything “to quickly help people” who are waiting to return to their apartments, Slyusar assured. According to him, by the end of the day on August 15, gas equipment in the damaged houses will be repaired, and windows and doors knocked out by the shock wave will be replaced “as quickly as possible.”

The evacuated residents of damaged houses are in a temporary accommodation center, they were “provided with food, drinking water and psychological support,” said, in turn, the head of Rostov-on-Don, Alexander Skryabin.

According to Skryabin, on August 15, a door-to-door visit to assess property damage will begin in the Oktyabrsky district. “Lists of victims will be compiled to provide them with one-time financial assistance, financial assistance in connection with the loss of essential property, as well as a one-time benefit in connection with injury to health,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

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