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Ukrainian drones strike Russia's petrochemical capital in overnight assault
France 24 • • world
Key Points:
- Ukrainian airstrikes targeted the central Russian city of Nizhnekamsk, damaging industrial facilities and a residential building, with three people reported wounded, according to local authorities.
- The strikes caused a fire at the Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical complex, one of Russia's largest, located in the "petrochemical capital" of Tatarstan.
- In a separate attack, an engineer was killed at an electricity substation in Taganrog, an industrial port city near the Ukraine border, prompting a local state of emergency.
- The Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down 533 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions, including annexed Crimea, between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
- Kyiv has not responded publicly but maintains it targets Russian industrial sites in retaliation for Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory.
