Russian air defenses had thwarted an attempted Ukrainian attack on Tatneft’s 360kbpd Taneco oil refinery in the region of Tatarstan on Tuesday morning, Russian officials said, cited by Reuters.
- The mayor of Nizhnekamsk said air defences had thwarted an attempted attack on an oil refinery in his district, TASS reported.
- The RIA Novosti agency said a drone hit the site of the Taneco oil refinery, owned by Russian oil major Tatneft, in the city.
- The refinery is one of the biggest in Russia and in a distance of 1,300km from Ukraine.