On the night of January 14, Ukrainian drones targeted Kazan, causing a fire in a gas storage tank in the suburbs of the capital of Tatarstan.
"Emergency services promptly arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire. Reports indicate no injuries or significant damage. All city enterprises are operating as usual," stated Rustam Minnikhanov, head of Tatarstan.
The drone strike hit a liquefied gas facility near the "Kazanorgsintez" chemical plant, which may have been the intended target. The attack reportedly involved a long-range "Lyutyi" drone, a replica of the Turkish "Bayraktar," capable of traveling up to 1,000 km while carrying up to 50 kg of explosives. "Kazanorgsintez" is Russia's sole producer of polycarbonates, savilene, and metallocene polyethylene, as well as a major producer of high- and low-density polyethylene.
Additionally, Ukrainian drones attacked an "industrial facility" in Engels, Saratov region, during the same night. Regional Governor Roman Busargin reported damages and stated that emergency services were operating in enhanced mode. The strike targeted an oil depot, previously attacked on January 8. That earlier strike caused a fire that burned for five days, claiming the lives of two firefighters.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched drone attacks on 12 Russian regions that night. In the Rostov region, 14 drones were intercepted, followed by 17 in Oryol, 16 in Tula, and 15 in Samara. Four drones were downed over the Kursk region, three over Belgorod and Bryansk regions, two over Krasnodar Krai, and one each over Volgograd and Voronezh regions. The attacks temporarily disrupted airport operations in Kazan, Kaluga, Saratov, Tambov, Ulyanovsk, and Penza.
