(Reuters) – An overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeted energy facilities and other objects in Russia’s Astrakhan region, injuring one person and sparking a fire, regional governor said on Monday. “The situation is under control,” Igor Babushkin, the governor of the region in southern Russia said in a post on the Telegram messaging app. Babushkin did […]
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Ukrainian attack on energy facilities sparks fire in Russia’s Astrakhan, regional governor says
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(Reuters) – An overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeted energy facilities and other objects in Russia’s Astrakhan region, injuring one person and sparking a fire, regional governor said on Monday.
“The situation is under control,” Igor Babushkin, the governor of the region in southern Russia said in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
Babushkin did not say what facility was on fire. He said the injured person was hospitalised.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Jamie Freed)