According to local media, which broadcast images of a large flame and a plume of black smoke rising into the sky, the attack targeted a liquefied gas depot near a chemical factory.
A Ukrainian drone attack targeting an energy site caused a major fire this Tuesday, January 14 in Russia, according to Russian authorities. In the suburbs of Kazan, capital of the Russian republic of Tatarstan (Volga), “a gas tank caught fire (…) following a drone attack”indicated on Telegram the local government, ensuring that “no one was injured” and specifying that the regional leader, Rustam Minnikhanov, went to the scene of the fire.
According to local media, which broadcast images of a large flame and a plume of black smoke rising into the sky, the attack targeted a liquefied gas depot near a chemical factory.
Moreover, “an industrial company was damaged” by a drone attack in Engels, in the Saratov region, located about 700 kilometers southeast of Moscow and some 500 km from the Ukrainian border, regional governor Roman Boussargin wrote on Telegram. According to him, classes in schools in Saratov and Engels will be held remotely on Tuesday, due to drone attacks.
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kyiv and Moscow intensified their strikes
Engels was already targeted on January 8 by a major drone attack which caused a fire on an oil site. According to the authorities, two firefighters died in this fire which was only brought under control five days after it broke out.
kyiv and Moscow have intensified their strikes in recent months and want to strengthen their positions before Donald Trump returns to the White House on January 20, the American president-elect having said he wants to stop the war as soon as he takes office.
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