The local governor confirmed that three people were killed, including two crew of a cargo ship, in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks against the Russian port Rostov on Don and the town of Bataysk, in the southern region of Rostov.

On his Telegram?messaging application channel, Yuri Slyusar posted that the fire had been extinguished.

Alexander Skryabin, the head of Rostov-on-Don, said that an oil leak had been prevented.

Ukraine and Russia both accuse each other of attacking civilian vessels. Vladimir Putin, the Russian President, has threatened to "cut Ukraine from the sea" following Kyiv's attack on three tankers belonging to the'shadow fleet' that were heading to Russia to export their oil.

Slyusar said that one person died and seven others were injured in Bataysk, where two homes caught fire after a drone attack. Ronald Popeski and Ksenia orlova reported the story; Chris Reese edited it with Muralikumar Anantharaman, Raju Gopalakrishnan, and Chris Reese.

(source: Reuters)