As reported by the Russian channel Astra, after Saturday drone attack, the Tenaco refinery was evacuated in Nizhnekamsk, Russian Tatarstan.
The recordings on the website show smoke and flames on the refinery premises. IN background can be heard alarm sirens.
As reported by the Ukraińska Pravda portal, at the airport in Nizhnekamsk special procedures were launched due to the sighting of unidentified objects.
Ukraine confirmed the attack on the Russian refinery
Attack on the Tenaco refinery confirmed by Andrii Kovalenkohead of the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation.
– The refinery plays a key role in fuel delivery the Russian military. Liquidation of refineries and crude oil storage facilities directly affects ability Russia to wage an intense war, Kowalenko explained.
Drones observed in the evening also in several other regions of Russia. The sounds of air defense systems were heard in the Voronezh regions, KurskaSaratov and Lipetsk, as well as in the Krasnodar Krai.
Ukraine regularly attacked facilities in Tatarstan
Taneco to the first large refinery built from scratch in Russia in the post-Soviet period. It is located approximately one thousand kilometers from the war zone. The last drone attack on the refinery in spring 2024. caused damage to the main processing unit plant.
In April, Ukrainian drones they also bombed plants in the city of Yelabuga in Tatarstan. Drones attacked the plant where it is assembled Iranian drones Shahedoften used in the war in Ukraine. Andrii Yusov from the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine then emphasized that we should attack only weapons produced in Ukraine were used.
Sources: Astra, Ukrainian Truth