Footage posted on social media shows unmanned aerial vehicles as they hit high-rise buildings in Kazan, the capital of Russia's Tatarstan region, on December 21. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian drones attacked the city in three waves. Ukraine has not commented.

Russia 9/11 attack: The attack in Kazan Russia is being described as similar to America's 9/11 (World Trade Center) attack because the drone directly came and collided with the high-rise building the way two plans collided with the World Trade Center in 2001. 

Kyiv on Saturday staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometers from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict. A drone smashed into a high-rise apartment building in the city of more than 1.3 million, damaging…

Drone attack hits Kazan, Russia, causing damage to a high-rise building but no casualties reported.

Russian state news agencies report the drone attack on a residential complex and other areas in Kazan, about 800 kilometers east of Moscow

On December 21, at least seven drones struck residential buildings in the Russian city of Kazan, including a 32-storey luxury building. The attacks also targeted various locations across the city, including Kamaleyeva Avenue, Klara Tsetkin Street, Yutazinskaya Street, Khadi Taktash Street, Krasnaya Pozitsiya, and Orenburgsky Trakt.

Flights were halted at Kazan’s airport and all mass gatherings cancelled on Saturday and Sunday.

Ukraine intensified its attack by launching drone strikes on Kazan, Tatarstan, damaging buildings without casualties. Russia retaliated with 113 drones on Ukraine, half of which were intercepted or jammed.

Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Kazan and the airport there was temporarily closed, Russian media and aviation authorities said on Saturday.

Russia's Kazan airport has temporarily halted flight arrivals and departures, Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said via the Telegram messaging app on Saturday, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the city. Russian state news agencies reported the drone attack on a residential complex in Kazan. The TASS agency said eight drone strikes had been recorded, including six on residential structures. There were no casualties reported, agencies said, citing local authorities. The Russian authorities also claimed to have shot down Ukrainian drones.

Ukraine has brought the war into the heart of Russia with drone attacks that Russian authorities said damaged residential buildings in the city of Kazan, some 600 miles from the front line.

Kyiv on December 21 staged a major drone attack on the Russian city of Kazan, 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) from the frontier, the latest in a series of escalating aerial attacks in the nearly three-year conflict. France 24's Philip Turle tells us more.

Several explosives-laden drones hit residential buildings in Russia's Kazan, setting fire to the buildings. The attack was an eerie reminder of 9/11 attacks in New York when hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers of World Trade Centre. | OpIndia News

Ukrainian drones targeted Russia's city Kazan on Saturday. The drones hit high-rises in the Russian city, setting fire to the buildings. Several news outlets have published video footages, which are reported to be clips shot by eyewitnesses.