Drones attack chemical plant in Russia's Perm Krai
Photo: What the Azot plant looks like (Russian media)
Smoke is rising above the Azot chemical plant in Berezniki, Perm Krai, Russia. Residents are reporting air defense activity, while authorities are citing a drone attack, according to ASTRA.
Smoke was spotted over the grounds of the Azot plant, owned by Uralchem, amid eyewitness reports of air defense operations in the city.
"In the Perm Krai, air defense forces are continuing to repel an attack by enemy drones. Emergency services are on the scene," the regional Ministry of Territorial Security reported around 6 a.m.
Around 7 a.m., sirens sounded in Perm. A so-called carpet alert was declared in the region. It is in effect within a 50-kilometer radius of Berezniki.
The Russian Ministry of Defense's report on the destruction of 443 drones overnight also mentioned the air defense operations in the Perm Krai. It was listed alongside other regions of Russia and the annexed Crimea.
What Azot produces
This facility was previously attacked in October 2025.
The plant in Berezniki is a subsidiary of JSC Uralchem. It is the legal successor to the Berezniki Chemical Combine.
It produces ammonia, nitric acid, ammonium nitrate and potassium nitrate, urea, nitrite-nitrate salts, and other chemical products. The plant employs 2,500 people.
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Nitric acid is used by defense industry enterprises to manufacture explosives and gunpowder. In particular, it is supplied to the Perm Gunpowder Plant, the Solikamsk Ural Plant, the Aleksinsky Chemical Plant, and the Biysk Oleum Plant.
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