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

By Thomson Reuters Dec 17, 2025 | 11:27 PM

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)