At least 8 drones attacked the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a few of which hit residential buildings, together with a 32-story luxurious constructing in Kazan, positioned 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, Russian media report.
The drones broken buildings in Kazan, capital of the Tartarstan republic, with a inhabitants of greater than 1.3 million, however there have been no victims, native officers mentioned
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The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the drones attacked Kazan in three waves from completely different instructions on Saturday, Dec. 21, between 07:40 and 09:20 within the morning.
Footage of the assault has unfold on-line, exhibiting a drone hit the higher flooring of the constructing, inflicting an explosion and a hearth. Monitoring channels report that the drone flew into the constructing on account of Russian digital warfare (EW).
Kyiv Post couldn’t instantly confirm the authenticity of the photographs.
In a daybreak assault, two exact strikes on an workplace constructing within the Russian metropolis of Kazan, roughly 1000km from Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/rlVt5J0OwO
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According to the Russian outlet Baza, two drones hit a 37-story skyscraper— the second about 50 minutes after the primary. An enormous hearth broke out within the residential advanced.
The head of Tatarstan, Rustem Minnikhanov, arrived on the web site within the morning. According to the authorities, nobody was injured, however residents needed to evacuate from the higher flooring with out utilizing elevators. The constructing’s home windows had been shattered.
Minnikhanov ordered the cancellation of all mass occasions in Tatarstan over the weekend for security causes. Kazan Airport briefly closed for incoming and outgoing flights, and a few colleges carried out evacuations.
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“Today Kazan suffered an enormous drone assault,” Rustam Minnikhanov, the Tartarstan republic chief, mentioned in a submit on Telegram.
“While earlier than industrial enterprises had been attacked, now the enemy assaults civilians within the morning,” he added.
The authorities of Tatarstan reported that a minimum of eight drones had been concerned within the assault. Six of them hit residential buildings, one struck an industrial facility, and one other was shot down over a river. The drone that tried to assault the ability didn’t attain its goal.
👀🦅 Another video from Kazan this morning – a drone suppressed by digital warfare crashes in one of many metropolis’s courtyards.
💥 Eight drone hits had been recorded in Kazan, one drone attacked an industrial enterprise, – head of Tatarstan pic.twitter.com/mfvdwtKkOr
— MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) December 21, 2024
Kazan was attacked by drones of the “Lyuty” sort, in keeping with Russian media, which estimate the flight vary of such a UAV with a fight payload of as much as 50 kg to be about 1000 km.
The “Lyuty” drone is a Ukrainian long-range unmanned aerial car (UAV) designed for strike missions. Its foremost operators are the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
Thanks to its traits and flight vary, the “Lyuty” has change into an essential aspect of Ukraine’s strike capabilities, permitting for exact hits on strategic targets removed from the entrance strains.
The Ukrainian authorities haven’t but commented on the drone assault in Kazan.
