One killed, two injured in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Volgograd region, governor says


May 29 (Reuters) - ⁠One person was killed ⁠and two injured in ‌a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Volgograd region, governor Andrey Bocharov ​said on Friday.

Fires ⁠at a chemical ⁠plant and energy facilities were ⁠put ‌out after the attack, he added.

Fuel ⁠storage facilities also caught fire ​following ‌a Ukraine drone attack in ⁠Russia's ​Yaroslavl region, northeast of Moscow, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said ⁠on Telegram, adding that ​work to extinguish the fire were ongoing.

Overall, Russia downed ⁠208 drones overnight, Interfax said, citing the defense ministry. Of those, over 80 ​were shot down ⁠in Russia's southern Rostov ​region, local authorities ‌said.

(Reporting by Jekaterīna ​Golubkova in Tokyo; Editing by Himani Sarkar/Guy Faulconbridge)

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