Drones attack Russian industrial sites

Workers inspect the damage to a building in Druzhkivka, Donetsk, after a Russian strike Credit: GETTY IMAGES

Several people were injured in a drone attack on industrial sites in Russia’s Tatarstan, local authorities said on Tuesday.

“This morning, the republic’s industrial enterprises in Yelabuga and Nizhnekamsk were attacked by drones. There is no serious damage, the technological process of the enterprises was not disrupted,” Tatarstan’s head Rustam Minnikhanov said in a post on his Telegram channel.

Two drones attacked a dormitory on the territory of the local Special Economic Zone, it said on Telegram, adding that two people were injured.

The Tass news agency said, citing emergency services, that six people had been injured.

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