A large fire was reported on the night of November 15 in the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, amid reports of a drone attack targeting the city’s industrial zone, according to local residents and Ukrainian monitoring channels.
Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported that residents witnessed an attack on one of the city’s industrial facilities, likely the Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical complex, owned by Russian chemical producer SIBUR.
The channel later reported that the attack continued and that a fire had broken out in a factory. Additional footage released by the channel purported to show a large fire in the city.
Ukrainian Telegram channel Truexa also reported that the fire occurred at the Nizhnekamskneftekhim petrochemical complex, one of the largest such facilities in Russia.
The SIBUR-owned factory produces synthetic rubber, plastics, ethylene and other petrochemicals. The complex is located approximately 1,200 kilometers (745 miles) from Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent could not independently confirm that the facility had been struck.
Nizhnekamsk is a major center of Russia’s petrochemical and oil refining industries, home to the Nizhnekamskneftekhim complex and several large oil refineries, including TANECO and TAIF-NK.
The city’s industrial facilities have been targeted in previous long-range Ukrainian attacks.
On September 13, the Ukrainian General Staff confirmed strikes against the TANECO refinery in Nizhnekamsk and the Slavyansky refinery in Krasnodar Krai.
Ukraine also struck the TANECO refinery on August 20, according to the General Staff.
The extent of damage caused by the latest reported attack remains unclear. There was no immediate independent confirmation of casualties or any official Ukrainian claim of responsibility.
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