A Taganrog resident died as a result of a drone attack.

An elderly woman died in a building destroyed in a drone attack in Taganrog, the governor of the Rostov region reported.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," this morning, the military shot down seven drones in the Rostov region. In Taganrog, gas lines, eight residential buildings, six cars, and two industrial facilities were damaged as a result of the attack. Authorities promised assistance to all victims and declared a local state of emergency in the area.

The deceased was a 65-year-old woman who worked as a cleaner at one of the destroyed buildings, Rostov Region Governor Yuri Slyusar reported. He added that rescuers "are still clearing the rubble."

"At the time of the attack, she was at her workplace, cleaning the premises of the building that was destroyed. (...) The death of a loved one cannot be compensated for, but we will provide financial assistance to her loved ones," the official wrote on his Telegram channel.

Slyusar added that a damage assessment commission is working at the attack sites, and the Taganrog administration is already accepting documents from residents whose homes and cars were damaged.

According to the governor, "an air attack was repelled in the Morozovsky and Tarasovsky districts" today, but there were no reports of damage or casualties in these areas.

A local emergency situation in Taganrog is in effect for two apartment buildings, two businesses, and one educational institution damaged by a drone crash, Interfax-Yug reports.

The "Caucasian Knot" also reported that three people were injured in a drone attack in Taganrog and Bessergenevka on December 25. Two apartment buildings and one private home, as well as parked cars, were damaged on Instrumentalnaya Street. At the end of December, Slyusar signed a decree on the procedure for paying residents for cars damaged in drone attacks. It provides for payments of up to 500,000 rubles per damaged vehicle and up to a million rubles per destroyed one.

Residents of a building in central Taganrog damaged by a rocket fall in the summer of 2023 received 10,000 rubles each and had their broken windows replaced, even though the apartments required significant repairs. Victims have the right to seek compensation through the courts, lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" indicated.