Ukrainian strikes hit major Russian industrial city: authorities

MOSCOW: Ukrainian airstrikes hit the central Russian city of Nizhnekamsk on Sunday, local authorities said, with media reporting a fire in one of the country’s biggest petrochemical plants.

A residential building was also damaged, he added.

Nizhnekamsk, a city of about 240,000 people, is often dubbed the “petrochemical capital” of Tatarstan. It is home to oil refineries and a major petrochemical plant.

Authorities in the region, quoted by Russian media, said three people were wounded.

Ukrainian and Russian media said the strikes caused a fire at the Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) petrochemical complex, owned by leading Russian company Sibur.

Videos published on social networks, which AFP has not authenticated, showed flames and thick smoke rising above the industrial site.