Ukraine drone attacks kill one in Rostov, Russian authorities say

23/3/2025 14:02

Russian air defence units destroyed 59 Ukrainian drones that targeted Russia's southwestern regions and killed one person in Rostov, Russian authorities said on Sunday.



Twenty-nine of the drones were downed overnight over the Rostov region in Russia's south, the Russian defence ministry said on the Telegram messaging app. Another 20 were downed over the Astrakhan region on the Caspian Sea.



The ministry said, the rest of the drones were downed over the Voronezh, Volgograd, Kursk and Saratov regions, as well as over Crimea.



Yuri Slyusar, the acting governor of the Rostov region that borders Ukraine, said that the attack killed one person.



Slyusar said on Telegram messaging app, "A car caught fire due to a drone attack. A person in the car was killed."



Igor Babushkin, the governor of the Astrakhan region, said debris from a destroyed drone fell on a house and damaged a car but that there were no injuries.