Ukrainian strikes hit major Russian petrochemical plant

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

Ukrainian forces ⁠have struck a major Russian petrochemical plant and ‌an ⁠oil refining facility in Russia's Tatarstan region overnight.

Kyiv's General Staff said they struck the Nizhnekamskneftekhim plant, a major producer of rubbers and plastics and one of the country's largest such plants, overnight.

In a statement, ⁠it ‌added that the Monolit defence ⁠and aviation ‌manufacturing plant in the western Bryansk ⁠region, which produces helicopters ⁠and spare parts, had also been attacked.

Local Russian authorities confirmed the airstrikes, with media also reporting fire at the site.

"Early this morning, Nizhnekamsk was the target of a massive and prolonged attack by enemy drones. As a result of this attack, facilities in the industrial zone were damaged," the city's mayor, Radmir Belyaev, wrote on Telegram.

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 showed flames and thick smoke rising above the industrial site.

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