乌克兰无人机对俄罗斯鞑靼斯坦地区尼兹涅卡姆斯克市发动攻击，造成重大伤亡。[1][2][3]根据不同来源报道，死亡人数为12至13人，另有39人受伤，其中包括1名儿童。[1][2][3]这次袭击持续数小时，目标包括工业设施和居民区。[3]尼兹涅卡姆斯克市距乌克兰边界1000多公里。[2]俄罗斯防空部队声称击落了450多架至456架乌克兰无人机。[1][2][3]
乌克兰总统泽连斯基表示，此类空中行动旨在迫使俄罗斯进行谈判。[2]他指出持续打击炼油厂是向莫斯科施压的手段，表示"唯一的原因是俄罗斯不愿结束这场战争"。[1]本次袭击被称为俄乌全面战争以来最致命的攻击之一。[1][3]
同期，俄军对乌克兰哈尔科夫地区布加伊夫卡村进行炮击，造成至少5人死亡。[1]乌克兰空军称俄罗斯发射了126架无人机进行夜间攻击。[2]
鞑靼斯坦地区负责人鲁斯塔姆·明尼哈诺夫证实了此次袭击，地方政府宣布进入哀悼期。[3]
Ukrainian unmanned aircraft struck the city of Nizhnekamaask in Russia's Tatarstan region, resulting in significant casualties and damage. Reports indicate at least 12 to 13 people were killed and 39 wounded in the assault [1][2][3], with one child among the injured [3]. The attack, which lasted several hours, targeted industrial facilities and residential areas in the city located over 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border [2][3]. Russian air defense forces claimed to have intercepted between 450 and 456 Ukrainian drones during the incident [1][2][3]. Tatarstan regional governor Rustam Minnikhanov confirmed the strike, and the region declared a period of mourning [3]. Nizhnekamaask Mayor Radmir Belyaev stated: "This is tremendous pain for all of us" [3].
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy characterized the drone operations as a means of pressuring Moscow, remarking that "the only reason is that Russia does not want to end this war" [1]. He further stated that "the Russian war will increasingly be felt in Russia itself" [2], signaling the strategic intent behind such attacks. The assault marked one of the deadliest strikes since the full-scale invasion began in 2022 [1]. This followed an earlier Ukrainian strike on the same refinery in June [1], indicating a pattern of targeting Russian energy infrastructure.
Russian artillery bombardment simultaneously struck the village of Bugayivka in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, killing at least 5 people [1]. Ukrainian air force reported that Russian forces launched 126 unmanned aircraft in a nighttime attack [2], highlighting the ongoing reciprocal nature of the aerial campaign.