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Ukrainian attack on Russian city kills 13, authorities say
AP News • • general
Key Points:
- A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people, including a child, and wounded 75, targeting an oil refinery according to Ukrainian military claims.
- Nizhnekamsk, a key oil refining hub in Russia, has two refineries and a petrochemical plant, making it a strategic target in Ukraine’s ongoing drone campaign against Russian oil facilities.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attacks as a strategy to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into negotiations and end the invasion.
- Ukraine’s long-range drones have increasingly reached deep into Russian territory, with some striking as far as Siberia, demonstrating an escalation in the conflict’s reach.
- Separately, the World Health Organization reported that its warehouse in Ukraine’s Dnipro region was hit twice in less than 24 hours, destroying emergency medical supplies but causing no casualties.
