Center for Countering Disinformation confirms attack on Tula chemical plant Azot
Photo: The Azot chemical plant in the Tula region was attacked by drones (Getty Images)
A chemical plant Azot in Tula region was attacked. The drone strike caused a fire, informs Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, on Telegram and ASTRA.
The chemical plant Azot in Tula region was targeted. According to the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), the strike hit a site potentially used for military industry purposes.
Azot produces several chemical substances that may be used for military applications.
Specifically, ammonium nitrate—a key component in explosives, methanol—a raw material for rocket fuel production, and argon—a gas used in metallurgy for welding and heat treatment of metals applied in the defense industry.
According to analysis by ASTRA and local residents, the fire at Novomoskovsk Joint Stock Company Azot was caused by a drone attack on the morning of May 24.
Earlier, the regional head reported that the plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, was attacked, damaging a natural gas pipeline, with three people injured.
"Residents of the village of Hrytsovo, located about 10 kilometers from the attacked Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, are being evacuated," the report states.
Drone attack in Russia
On the night of January 21, an explosion occurred near the oil terminal at the Sea Commercial Port in the settlement of Ust-Luga, Leningrad region.
It was later revealed that the explosions at the sea terminal in Ust-Luga, Leningrad region, Russia, were a special operation carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU). The occupiers use the port to process fuel, which is supplied in particular to Russian troops at the front.
