Ukraine drone strike kills 13 in Russia's Nizhnekamsk oil hub

Kyiv,UPDATED: Aug 10, 2026 15:34 IST

A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk on Monday killed 13 people, including a child, and injured 48 others, authorities in Russia's Tatarstan region said. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the strike.

The attack appeared to be part of Ukraine's continuing long-range drone campaign against targets inside Russia, including oil facilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the campaign is aimed at forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and bringing an end to Russia's more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

Nizhnekamsk came under a “massive” drone attack targeting industrial and civilian facilities on Monday morning, according to the press service of Tatarstan head Rustam Minnikhanov. Officials did not say what the drones were targeting, but Nizhnekamsk is an important oil refining hub with two refineries and a petrochemical plant.

Ukraine has in recent months targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily. The attacks have caused fuel shortages in Russia, reduced its refining capacity and unsettled the Russian public. Nizhnekamsk is about 1,200 kilometres east of the Ukrainian border and has a population of about 240,000.

Ukraine's domestically developed long-range drones have been flying deeper into Russia, with some now reaching Siberia, around 2,000 kilometres from the border. “We do deliver entirely justified responses, and every Russian strike will be met with our response. Russia's war will be felt more and more at their own home – in Russia,” Zelenskyy said late Sunday on social media. “The only reason this is still continuing is Russia's unwillingness to end this war.”

Russia has also continued to hit Ukraine from the air with missiles, powerful glide bombs and drones, striking civilian areas and causing thousands of civilian casualties, according to the United Nations. On Monday, the World Health Organization's European office said one of its warehouses in Ukraine's central Dnipro region had been struck twice in less than 24 hours, destroying emergency supplies worth an estimated USD 500,000 meant for front-line health facilities. No casualties were reported. Overall, Monday's developments highlighted both Ukraine's deep strikes inside Russia and the continuing toll of Russian aerial attacks on Ukraine.

With PTI Inputs

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