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Drone Strikes Hit Russia’s Samara Region, Killing Three and Setting Industrial Sites Ablaze

The attacks hit a region dense with refineries and petrochemical plants.

Overview

  • Regional authorities reported drone strikes on industrial sites in Novokuybyshevsk that left one person dead and others injured.
  • Astra, citing residents, said the Novokuybyshevsk petrochemical plant caught fire, though officials did not name the facility.
  • In the city of Samara, the governor said debris from a drone struck the roof of an apartment building, injuring people and sending one person to the hospital.
  • A day earlier in Syzran, a drone strike caused part of a residential building’s entrance to collapse, killing a woman and a child and injuring 12, according to the Emergencies Ministry.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 155 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions and the Black Sea, and the coverage noted no public comment from Ukraine.