Three dead, cargo ship catches fire in drone attacks on Russia’s Rostov region

MOSCOW, Dec 18 (Reuters) – Three people, including two crew members of a cargo vessel, were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian port of Rostov-on-Don and the town of Bataysk in the southern Rostov region, the local governor said on Thursday.

Yuri Slyusar, writing on Telegram, said the fire at the vessel was put out, while three more crew members were injured. The governor also said that seven people were injured in an attack on Bataysk.

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Himani Sarkar)