Ukrainian strike hits Russian tax data center near Nizhny Novgorod

Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian Federal Tax Service data processing center in Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region, 400 kilometers east of Moscow, according to the Ukrainian portal Exilenova+. The strike could potentially disrupt Russian state information systems. The facility is one of two main tax service data centers storing state records and tax databases, Exilenova+ reported. Russian authorities did not confirm the attack, only reporting drone interceptions and airport service disruptions in Nizhny Novgorod. Separately, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 155 drones targeted the capital region, with five neutralized nearby, while Voronezh Governor Alexander Gusev reported 33 drones shot down. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed 433 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across 20 regions, Crimea, and the Black and Azov Seas. In Ukraine, Russian forces struck energy facilities and residential buildings in Zhytomyr region, leaving over 900 localities without power and damaging six homes, with no casualties reported.