The authorities deny the reports of an environmental disaster, the governor of the Astrakhan region of Russia, Igor Babushkin, says. He claims that “having received early warnings about the ...

Governor of the Astrakhan Region Igor Babushkin said on his Telegram account. The fire at AGPP was contained, it was reported earlier, citing the press service of the governor. "I keep an eye on ...

The Sunday night attack by Ukrainian drones also targeted a major natural gas processing plant in Russia’s Astrakhan region, the security service official said on condition of anonymity to ...

Ukraine’s overnight drone attack targeted fuel and energy facilities in Russia, sparking a fire in the Astrakhan region and forcing the suspension of flights at several airports, Russian ...

A series of drone attacks by Ukraine on Russia's energy facilities have sparked fires in recent days at a major oil refinery in the Volgograd region, as well as at the Astrakhan gas processing plant.

That 300,000 barrel-per-day refinery is the largest in southern Russia. In the neighbouring region of Astrakhan, Governor Igor Babushkin said Ukrainian drones tried to strike energy facilities and ...

The Astrakhan plant is even further away, roughly 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Ukraine. The Russian military said that it destroyed 70 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions during the night.