Several explosives-laden UAVs hit high-rises in Kazan, setting fire to the buildings, according to local authorities
© @shot_shot Telegram Up to three kamikaze drones have struck a number of residential high-rises in the Russian city of Kazan, local officials reported on Saturday morning. Several news outlets have published what appear to be video clips shot by eyewitnesses, which depict the moment of the attack and its aftermath. Local officials have said that emergency services have been dispatched to the sites of the incidents, according to TASS. There have been no reports of casualties so far, with Telegram channels claiming that residents were being evacuated from the impacted buildings. Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said on its own Telegram channel that its air defenses had shot down one “Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Republic of Tatarstan,” whose capital is Kazan. The statement was later cited by the city administration. © @shot_shot Telegram Since the start of Russia’s military operation in February 2022, Kiev’s drones have on multiple occasions been intercepted over Moscow and various Russian regions. Only some of these UAVs have reached their targets. Most such cases have happened in relative proximity to the border between the two countries. Kazan, however, is situated some 1,379 kilometers (857 miles) away from Ukraine. © @shot_shot Telegram
