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Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills 13 08/10 06:17
A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 13
people, including a child, and wounded 75 others, authorities in the Tatarstan
region said. The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery there.
(AP) -- A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk
killed 13 people, including a child, and wounded 75 others, authorities in the
Tatarstan region said. The Ukrainian military said it hit an oil refinery there.
Russian officials didn't say what the drones targeted, but the city is an
important oil refining hub, home to two refineries and a petrochemical plant.
Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily
in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia, eaten into
Russian refining capacity and unsettled the Russian public.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says it is a campaign to force
Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and stop his more
than 4-year-old invasion.
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. No further details were immediately
available.
Ukraine's General Staff said its forces struck a Taneco oil refinery in
Nizhnekamsk, starting a fire.
It was not possible to independently verify either side's claims.
Nizhnekamsk is roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) east of the Ukrainian
border and has a population of about 240,000.
Ukraine's domestically developed long-range drones have flown increasing
distances deep inside Russia, with some now reaching Siberia, around 2,000
kilometers (1,200 miles) from the border.
"We do deliver entirely justified responses, and every Russian strike will
be met with our response. Russia's war will be felt more and more at their own
home -- in Russia," Zelenskyy said late Sunday on social media.
"The only reason this is still continuing is Russia's unwillingness to end
this war."
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, according to the United Nations.
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.
The attacks destroyed emergency supplies worth an estimated $500,000 that
were intended for front-line health facilities, it said in a statement. No
casualties were reported.
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