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Ukrainian attack on energy facilities sparks fire in Russia’s Astrakhan, regional governor says

By Thomson Reuters Mar 16, 2025 | 11:40 PM

(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)