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Ukrainian drones hit a cracking tower at the Taneko oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, 1,130 km from Ukraine, causing a substantial fire.

Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War

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Ukrainian troops (weapon_system) Taneko (organization) Nizhnekamsk (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Nizhnekamsk Oil Refinery (location)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones hit a cracking tower at the Taneko oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, 1,130 km from Ukraine, causing a substantial fire.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Geolocated footage shows a fire likely at a primary oil processing unit at the Nizhnekamsk Oil Refinery

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.174Z

Source story: day-1359a-2025-11-17