KYIV — Ukraine on Sunday claimed responsibility for strikes on a major petrochemical plant and an oil refinery in the central Russian city of Nizhnekamsk, as Russian and pro-Russian authorities reported three deaths elsewhere. “On the night of November 15, units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces reached Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan,” the military said. “Two enterprises that feed the Russian war with raw materials and fuel came under attack.” One of the targets was Nizhnekamskneftekhim, a major petrochemical complex owned by leading Russian company Sibur, and a nearby refinery, it added. Nearly five years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv has stepped up cross-border attacks and in occupied territories, particularly by targeting industrial and oil infrastructure.Nizhnekamsk Mayor Radmir Belyaev confirmed what he said was a “massive and prolonged attack by enemy drones,” which caused damage to facilities. Six people were wounded in the strikes, which also damaged a residential building, he said, adding that air quality monitoring had been put in place. Nizhnekamsk, a city of about 240,000 people, is often dubbed the “petrochemical capital” of Tatarstan.Other Ukrainian strikes killed one person in Taganrog, an industrial port city near the border, said regional governor Yuri Slyusar. A lorry driver and an elderly woman were also killed in the occupied Lugansk region, according to Leonid Pasechnik, the regional leader installed by Moscow.KYIV — Ukraine on Sunday claimed responsibility for strikes on a major petrochemical plant and an oil refinery in the central Russian city of Nizhnekamsk, as Russian and pro-Russian authorities reported three deaths elsewhere. “On the night of November 15, units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces reached Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan,” the military said. “Two enterprises that feed the Russian war with raw materials and fuel came under attack.” One of the targets was Nizhnekamskneftekhim, a major petrochemical complex owned by leading Russian company Sibur, and a nearby refinery, it added. Nearly five years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv has stepped up cross-border attacks and in occupied territories, particularly by targeting industrial and oil infrastructure.Nizhnekamsk Mayor Radmir Belyaev confirmed what he said was a “massive and prolonged attack by enemy drones,” which caused damage to facilities. Six people were wounded in the strikes, which also damaged a residential building, he said, adding that air quality monitoring had been put in place. Nizhnekamsk, a city of about 240,000 people, is often dubbed the “petrochemical capital” of Tatarstan.Other Ukrainian strikes killed one person in Taganrog, an industrial port city near the border, said regional governor Yuri Slyusar. A lorry driver and an elderly woman were also killed in the occupied Lugansk region, according to Leonid Pasechnik, the regional leader installed by Moscow.
