(Corrects the name of the governor to Busargin, not Basurgin,

in paragraphs 3, 4, 6)

       Aug 26 (Reuters) - Russia's Saratov regional airport

lifted flight curbs on Monday imposed after homes were damaged

as a result of Ukraine's drone attack that wounded a woman,

Russian officials and news agencies said.

    The lifting of the curbs at the Saratov regional airport, at

about 9:30 a.m. (0530 GMT), was reported by Russia's RIA news

agency, which had earlier reported the clampdown, citing the

airport's press service.

    A residential complex in the city had been damaged by

falling debris from drones destroyed by Russia's air defence

systems, regional governor Roman Busargin said on the Telegram

messaging app.

    "A woman was hospitalised in serious condition," Busargin

said. "Doctors are fighting for her life."

    Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems

destroyed nine drones over the Saratov region, which lies some

900 kilometres (560 miles) away from the border with Ukraine.

    Earlier, Busargin said emergency services had fanned out at

affected sites in Saratov and Engels, key cities in the region

several hundred kilometres southeast of the capital.

    Russia has a strategic bomber military base in Engels that

Ukraine has attacked numerous times since Moscow launched its

full-scale invasion in Feb. 2022.

    There was no immediate information on damage at the base, or

the scale of the Ukrainian attack on the region, which is

several hundred kilometres away from the border with Ukraine.

    Video posted on Telegram by the Russian news SHOT channel

showed what it identified as a high-rise residential building in

Saratov, with a damaged side and several windows blown out

across three floors.

    In Engels, the top floor of a residential building was

damaged, it added.

    Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There

was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Both sides deny targeting

civilians in their attacks, which they say aim to destroy

infrastructure key to war efforts.

(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Miral Fahmy

and Clarence Fernandez)

((lidia.kelly@thomsonreuters.com;))