In the early hours of Tuesday, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attacked firms in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, according to the press service of the republic’s head, Rustam Minnikhanov.
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According to the latest information:
The drones targeted civilian infrastructure in the Tatar cities of Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk;
Two UAVs hit a dormitory in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone in Yelabuga, leaving at least seven people, including two teenagers, injured;
Three people have been rushed to hospital as a result of the attack;
"There is no serious damage, and the technological process of enterprises has not been disrupted," Minnikhanov’s press service said;
The drones were fitted with equipment made by NATO countries, according to the press service;
One more UAV tried to attack an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk but was neutralized by an electronic warfare system and did not explode;
Head of Nizhnekamsk Ramil Mullin told reporters that there was "no destruction" in the city;
The Begishevo International Airport, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Nizhnekamsk and 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Yelabuga, has been not disrupted by the drone attack;
The Russian Investigative Committee has opened a probe into the attack.
Alabuga’s press service has, meanwhile, made it clear in a statement that the goal of the attack - to sow fear among Russian citizens – was never fulfilled.
"Indeed, they attack shopping malls in Moscow, residential neighborhoods in Belgorod, dormitories in Alabuga. It is against those attackers that we are conducting a special military operation. But who did they think they tried to intimidate? The descendants of those who entered Paris in 1815 [when French Emperor Napoleon I Bonaparte abdicated] and seized Berlin in 1945 [during WWII]?" the press service stressed.
The Republic of Tatarstan is a developed Russian region located about 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) from the country’s border with Ukraine.
Tatarstan is internationally known as Russia’s oil hub, a manufacturer of world-famous KAMAZ trucks and the Mi multi-purpose helicopters, as well as one of the leaders of the Russian agricultural industry.