Ukrainian drones today attacked high-rise buildings in Russia, similar to the 9/11 attacks in the US, when planes hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York in 2001.
In unverified video shared on Twitter, aerial objects were seen flying into two skyscrapers in Kazan, a city about 500 miles (800 km) east of Moscow. The attacks on high-rise buildings – believed to be residential complexes – resulted in massive fireballs that sent plumes of black smoke into the air.
The moment drones attacked high-rise buildings in Kazan after the deployment of a Russian electronic surveillance system.
The Russians started the war – so – no mercy for the Orcs. pic.twitter.com/JbXLTbFslm
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According to reports, all occupants of the building were evacuated safely and no casualties were reported.
According to Russian media, an alert was issued after the attack and arrivals and departures of flights at the city’s airport were temporarily halted. Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, has a population of over 1.3 million.
“Today Kazan suffered a massive drone attack. Earlier, industrial enterprises were attacked, now the enemy attacks civilians in the morning,” Rustam Minnikhanov, leader of the Republic of Tatarstan, said in a post on Telegram.
Ukraine has not yet commented on the attacks.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the city was attacked by three waves of drones between 7.40 and 9.20 a.m. (0440 and 0620 GMT). It said six drones were disabled or destroyed, but did not say how many were involved.
Officials said all major public events in Tatarstan had been canceled as a precaution.
Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said it was also imposing temporary restrictions on two other airports, in Izhevsk, a small city northeast of Kazan, and in Saratov, about 400 miles (650 km) south of Kazan. Is situated. Restrictions in Saratov were later lifted.
In August this year, a similar incident was reported from Saratov, Russia when a drone was seen attacking a residential building. Four people were injured in the attack.
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the deadly 9/11 attacks when hijacked planes hit the Twin Towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, while another plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.
Saturday’s attacks by Ukraine come weeks after Russia said there was no basis yet for talks on how to end the war.
In late November, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to discuss a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine with Trump and could agree to stop the conflict on the front lines. Russian forces control about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territory and are advancing at their fastest pace since the early days of the war.
But the Kremlin has repeatedly said it will not negotiate with President Volodymyr Zelensky unless Ukraine abandons its ambitions to join NATO and withdraws troops from areas controlled by Russian troops.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The war killed thousands, displaced millions and caused the biggest crisis in relations between Moscow and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
