Six injured in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Tatarstan
Six people have been injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s Tatarstan, Mayor Radmir Belyaev has said.
The city, located some 880 kilometers east of Moscow, endured a “massive and prolonged” UAV raid earlier on Sunday, the official wrote on Telegram. Several industrial facilities were damaged, along with an apartment building that was struck by a Ukrainian drone, he said.
According to Belyaev, the prompt evacuation helped prevent fatalities.
Later in the day, Belyaev and Tatarstan head Rustam Minnikhanov inspected the damaged industrial facilities, where six people had been injured. One of the victims, a law enforcement officer, was hospitalized.
The officials also visited the damaged apartment building and two temporary shelters housing evacuated residents. None of the building’s occupants were reportedly injured.
The building did not sustain serious damage and a bomb disposal team defused and removed the drone debris, Belyaev wrote in his Telegram channel later in the day.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday morning that its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed 533 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight across multiple Russian regions, including Tatarstan.
In August, a Ukrainian drone attack on Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people, including a child, and injured dozens more.
Russia’s Investigative Committee described the attack as an act of terrorism, stressing that the targeted locations “had nothing to do with military activities.”
Amid battlefield setbacks, Kiev has intensified attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities and shipping hubs, in recent months. The campaign has resulted in multiple civilian casualties across Russia.
Moscow has responded by stepping up its own strikes on Ukrainian military-related facilities.
