One killed and injured in drone attacks on Taganrog and Nizhnekamsk

Attacks on two cities and their consequences

One person was killed and at least six were injured overnight as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian cities of Taganrog and Nizhnekamsk, Russian officials said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

Taganrog: a fatality and damaged infrastructure

In Taganrog, in the Rostov region, the chief engineer of an electrical substation was killed, according to governor Yuri Slyusar. Five more people were injured in the region: four when drone debris fell on their cars on a highway and at a gas station, and one more in the village of Troitskoye, where debris hit a production workshop. Two electrical substations were damaged, and a fire broke out at one of them. After the substation supplying the railway was damaged, train traffic was suspended; a bridge on the R-280 highway in the Neklinovsky district was also closed.

Nizhnekamsk: evacuation and an industrial facility

In Nizhnekamsk, in Tatarstan, several people were injured, with no fatalities, according to mayor Radmir Belyaev, who did not give an exact number. An apartment building and facilities in an industrial zone were damaged, and residents were evacuated. The mayor did not name the affected enterprise; Russian media reported that it was Nizhnekamskneftekhim, one of Europe's largest petrochemical complexes, part of SIBUR. These reports could not be independently verified.

Scale of the attacks and data from the Ukrainian side

Russia's Defense Ministry said that air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 533 Ukrainian drones in almost 20 regions of the country overnight. Separately, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported six people injured in Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia, and six more in an overnight strike on Chornomorsk in the Odesa region. Due to wartime conditions, claims by either side cannot be independently verified.