Deadliest Deep-Strike Attack: Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills 13 in Russia’s Tatarstan Region

At least 13 people, including a child, were killed and 75 others injured after a Ukrainian drone strike hit the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia’s central Tatarstan region.Located over 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the strike marks one of the deadliest long-range aerial attacks inside Russian territory since full-scale hostilities began.Russian regional authorities confirmed the death toll, noting that citizens of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were also among the casualties, while 21 of the injured required emergency hospital treatment.Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the operation, stating its forces targeted key industrial assets, including Tatneft’s Taneco oil refinery and local petrochemical infrastructure, as part of a campaign to weaken Russia’s military logistics and energy-driven economic revenue.Visuals from the scene showed dense plumes of black smoke rising above the impacted facility, highlighting Kyiv’s expanding capability to launch high-precision drone strikes deep behind enemy lines as both nations intensify long-range aerial bombardments.