Ukraine drone attack sparks fire, forces flight suspensions at several Russian airports – The Straits Times, Singapore

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1. Searched for a western source, because Novye Izvestiya had:
   Атака под Астраханью: ВСУ ударили по крупному газоперерабатывающему заводу
   “Attack near Astrakhan: Ukrainian Armed Forces hit a major gas processing plant

   After the drone strike, a fire started at the facility.
   An attack by drones on one of the largest gas processing centers in Russia
   has been recorded in the Astrakhan Region. Eyewitnesses report the operation of air defense systems
   and signs of fire on the territory of the enterprise. Fire crews were sent to the scene of the incident.
   According to Governor Igor Babushkin, at night the Ukrainian side attempted to attack fuel
   and energy complex facilities …”

   Wikipedia about the “Astrakhan Gas Processing Plant”:
   https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Астраханский_газоперерабатывающий_завод
   “… Products
   motor gasoline grades AI-92-K5 and AI-95-K5
   **diesel fuel**
   gas condensate fuel
   flammable natural gas (natural mixture of methane gases)
   …”

2. Even the Russian propaganda station “Govorit Moskva”
   that is normally not yet awake at this time of the day has:

   При попытке удара дронами ВСУ в Астраханской области произошло возгорание
   “Fire breaks out in Astrakhan region during attempted strike by Ukrainian drones”

   Wait what? Fire breaks out during **attempted** strike?
   So someone heard the drones and forgot to turn off the flat iron and caused a fire in the refinery.
   Sorry for the interruption, was just confused.

   “05:43 today
   Several facilities were attacked, including the fuel and energy complex.
   There were no casualties, said the region’s governor, Igor Babushkin.
   In his Telegram channel, he wrote that the electronic warfare and air defense systems operated normally.
   Earlier, Rosaviatsiya introduced temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft
   at the airports of Astrakhan, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Nizhnekamsk and Saratov.
   This was reported by the agency’s representative Artem Korenyako.
   “The flight crews, air traffic controllers and airport services are taking all necessary measures
   to ensure flight safety – this is the main priority,” Korenyako added.”
   .
   Babushkin … there is probably a better onomastic explanation, but to me it sounds like Grannyman.

3. Only in Russia has all the damage been caused by falling drone debris.

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