A Ukrainian drone attack on Monday killed 13 people and injured 78 others in Nizhnekamsk, a petroleum hub in Russia's Tatarstan region. The attack, which targeted industrial and civilian facilities, is one of the deadliest inside Russia since the war began over four years ago. Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months, causing fuel shortages and damage to refining capacity. Nizhnekamsk has a population of around 240,000 and is home to two refineries and a petrochemical plant.
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Ukrainian drone attack kills 13 in Russian city of Nizhnekamsk
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Ukraine strikes 1,200 kilometres inside Russian territory
Ukraine attacked the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk in the central Tatarstan region on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 78 others, local authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks inside Russia in more than four years of war.
The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, which is about 1,200 kilometres east of the Ukrainian border and has a population of about 240,000.
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Nizhnekamsk came under a "massive" drone attack targeting industrial and civilian facilities on Monday morning, according to the press service of Tatarstan's head, Rustam Minnikhanov.
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One of the drones hit a hostel, killing nine of the 13 victims, including citizens of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, officials said.
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Uzbekistan's consular office in Tatarstan said seven of its nationals were killed.
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A child was among the dead, along with the 75 injured, the press service said, adding that Monday was declared a day of mourning in Tatarstan.
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Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months.
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The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia, eaten into Russian refining capacity and unsettled the Russian public.
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Also on Monday, several Ukrainian drones sparked a fire at an industrial facility in the Tyumen region of western Siberia, said Gov. Alexander Moor, without offering any details.
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Ukraine's General Staff said its forces damaged part of a petrochemical complex in Tobolsk, in the Tyumen region.
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The plant produces rocket fuel components, aviation fuel, composite materials for drones and high-octane gasoline, it said in a Telegram post.
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Last month, Ukrainian drones hit a refinery in Tyumen, more than 2,400 kilometres east of the border with Ukraine.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is trying to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and stop his full-scale invasion, launched in February 2022.
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Ukraine's domestically developed long-range drones have flown increasing distances deep inside Russia, with some now reaching Siberia, around 2,000 kilometres from the countries' border.
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"We do deliver entirely justified responses, and every Russian strike will be met with our response.
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Russia's war will be felt more and more at their own home — in Russia," Zelenskyy said late Sunday on social media.
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"The only reason this is still continuing is Russia's unwillingness to end this war."
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Russia has also regularly battered Ukraine from the air using missiles, powerful glide bombs and drones, hitting civilian areas and causing thousands of civilian casualties.
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On Ukraine's front lines, female soldiers testing Canadian-designed body armour
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How modern warfare is reshaping Ukraine’s natural environment
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A Russian glide bomb struck the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, injuring 24 people, authorities said Monday.
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The city is the capital of a region of the same name that is partly occupied by Russian forces.
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The World Health Organization's European office said Monday that one of its warehouses in the central Dnipro region of Ukraine had been struck twice in less than 24 hours.
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The attacks destroyed emergency supplies that were intended for front-line health facilities, it said in a statement.
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No casualties were reported.
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