Drones attack temporarily occupied Crimea and Russia: power plant and chemical factories ablaze – photos, videos
Drones attacked temporarily occupied Crimea and several Russian regions on the night of 11-12 June, causing fires at a thermal power plant and chemical facilities.
Source: monitoring Telegram channels; Krymskyi Veter (Crimean Wind) Telegram channel
Details: A fire broke out near a thermal power plant in temporarily occupied Simferopol following a large-scale drone attack. Power supply disruptions were reported in the city.
Powerful explosions were also heard in the Simferopol district, including near the villages of Donske and Marino as well as in the Nyzhnohirskyi and Chervonohvardiiske districts of the peninsula. Reports also indicated air defence activity and explosions near the Saky air base.
Drones also targeted the industrial zone of Tolyatti in Russia's Samara Oblast. Following a series of explosions, fires broke out at the Tolyattikauchuk plant, with thick black smoke seen rising above the facility.
The chemical plant is considered a strategic facility because it produces synthetic rubber for the tyre industry, rubber engineering products and high-octane fuel additives used in military equipment.
Drones also attacked the Nizhnekamskneftekhim company in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan overnight. The plant manufactures more than 120 types of products, with synthetic rubbers and plastics forming the core of its output.
The Russian-installed authorities in Crimea and officials in the affected Russian regions had not commented on the attacks or the reported damage at the time of publication.
Background:
- In early April 2026, the Tolyattikauchuk plant in Samara Oblast was targeted in a drone attack that resulted in a major fire at the facility.
- In early June, strikes on critical infrastructure used by Russian occupation authorities in Crimea intensified. Drones struck a fuel depot and the area around a thermal power plant in Simferopol on the night of 3-4 June.
- On the night of 6-7 June, a fuel depot on the peninsula, the Zuivska Thermal Power Plant and the Chonhar Bridge came under attack. Explosions, bridge damage and fuel supply disruptions in Crimea were also reported on 11 June.
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