A Ukrainian drone strike has killed at least 13 people and injured 39 others in Nizhnekamsk, a city in the Tatarstan region deep inside Russia, local authorities said Monday, marking the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than two years.
Attack Details
Nizhnekamsk, which lies more than 600 miles east of Moscow, is the site of a major, technologically advanced oil refinery, similar to those which Ukraine has frequently targeted in recent months.
Videos circulating on social media show a huge blaze raging and plumes of smoke rising from an area just outside the city, close to what appear to be the characteristic towers of an oil refinery. It isn’t clear exactly what was struck in the attack.
Escalating Conflict
The strike comes as both Russia and Ukraine intensify their aerial attacks against one another, while the frontlines of the war largely stagnate. More drones and missiles are slipping through both sides’ fraying air defenses, meaning that the civilian death toll has increased, and more critical infrastructure is being damaged.
June was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, as 1,396 were killed and 7,978 were injured, the UN said recently.
A child was among those killed in Nizhnekamsk, according to the Russian Investigative Committee. And another four people were killed over the last 24 hours in the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, the region’s acting governor Alexandr Shuvayev said Monday.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
