South Federal District

April 19, 2026 14:58

• A combatant from Kotovo was killed in combat.

  Igor Petrov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,760 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

April 19, 2026 13:59

• An airstrike near an aircraft factory in Taganrog sparked debate on social media.

  The grounds of an aircraft factory and park in Taganrog have been cordoned off following an airstrike that injured three people today. Telegram users have urged authorities to evacuate the plant outside the city limits for the safety of residents.

April 19, 2026 11:58

• Three soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been identified as killed in a military operation.

  Alexander Ogurtsov, Sergey Salnikov, and Bulat Tunekeshev from the Volodarsky District were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 734 soldiers from the Astrakhan Region have been confirmed killed.

April 19, 2026 10:01

• A Jehovah's Witness* from Kuban has been released from prison.

  Lyudmila Shchelkoldina, a resident of the village of Pavlovskaya, was released from prison after spending almost four years in prison on charges of extremism.

April 19, 2026 07:59

• Three people were injured in an airstrike in Taganrog.

  Three wounded people required medical attention following a nighttime air strike in Taganrog. Several buildings in the city sustained minor damage, officials said.

April 19, 2026 04:57

• The court refused to transfer the case of the former Volgograd deputy's illegal income recovery to Moscow.

  A Volgograd court has refused to transfer a case seeking the recovery of nearly 44 million rubles in illegal income from former regional Duma deputy Stanislav Korotkov to Moscow.

April 19, 2026 03:57

• A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for abandoning his unit.

  The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Rustam Aflatov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of evading military service during mobilization.

April 19, 2026 01:59

• Three houses were damaged in Yeysk during a drone attack.

  Drone debris knocked out windows in three houses in Yeysk.

April 19, 2026 00:00

• The seaport in Yeysk was attacked by drones.

  Drone debris fell in the port of Yeysk; according to authorities, there were no damages. At the port of Tuapse, which had previously been attacked by drones, an open fire was extinguished, and at the Tikhoretsk oil depot, the fire was completely extinguished.

April 18, 2026 23:00

• The easing of Ilya Sigida's pretrial detention came as a surprise to his family.

  The investigator himself petitioned to lift the house arrest and place Hieromonk Ilya (Sigida), accused of rehabilitating Nazism, under a restraining order. A court in Slavyansk-on-Kuban upheld his position. Sigida's mother believes the mitigation of the restraining order is due to her son's deteriorating health.

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