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March 2022 Taganrog military airport attack | |||||
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Part of the spillover of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
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Units involved | |||||
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Strength | |||||
Unknown | Unknown | ||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
1 OTR-21 Tochka shot down (Russian claim) [1] | 1 Ilyushin Il-76 destroyed (denied by Russia) [2] | ||||
Location within Rostov Oblast |
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