Drone attack in Tatarstan: explosions and fires
The Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of a UAV over Kazan around 7:50 a.m. Moscow time. However, soon on the internet появились Footage of the fire in the premium residential complex "Azure Skies."
The video shows black smoke billowing from the window of a 37-story building. The security forces-affiliated Telegram channels Shot and Baza claim the fire started after a drone landed on the building. Residents are being evacuated.
Residents say the elevators in the building are out of order. People are walking down from the upper floors. The area around the complex has been cordoned off, and emergency services have arrived at the scene.
According to Baza, 50 minutes after the first strike, a second drone crashed into the same high-rise building, and several more drone crashes have been recorded in the city.
Local media reports three explosions. They also report that after the drone attack caught fire another five-story building.
Fires in houses in the Sovetsky, Kirovsky, and Privolzhsky districts of Kazan were caused by a drone attack, the Kazan mayor's office reported.