Ukrainian drones crash into residential buildings deep inside Russia – officials (VIDEO)

Several explosives-laden UAVs hit high-rises in Kazan, setting fire to the buildings, according to local authorities

Up to three kamikaze drones have struck a number of residential high-rises in the Russian city of Kazan, local officials reported on Saturday morning. Several news outlets have published what appears to be video clips shot by eyewitnesses, which depict the moment of the attack and its aftermath.

Local officials said that emergency services had been dispatched to the sites of the incidents, as quoted by TASS. There has been no information on potential casualties so far, with Telegram channels claiming that residents were being evacuated from the impacted buildings. 

Earlier on Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said on its own Telegram channel that its air defenses had shot down one “Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the Republic of Tatarstan,” whose capital is Kazan. The statement was later cited by Kazan’s city administration.