"This blow can become a record": drones struck one of the largest plants for Russian fertilizers (photo)

To extend: On October 2, during the speech of President of Russian Vladimir Putin, a blow was struck at the branch of the Azot plant of the United Chemical Company Uralhim in the city of Berezniki of the Permian Territory. According to the Telegrams-channel "Crimean Vetter", the Nitrogen plant is one of the largest producers of nitrogen fertilizers in Russia. In 2024, the company reached a record production - more than 2.

3 million tons of production, some of which were used for the manufacture of explosives. In general, the plant specializes in the production of ammonia, ammonium nitrate and other chemical products and is the successor of the Bereznikov chemical plant. The report also noted that the impact distance to the border with Ukraine exceeds 1700 km, and this may indicate a new record for the lesion.

According to Russian media, the plant had already had an accident history: on May 6, 2019, during the repair work in the ammonia shop, an explosion occurred, which killed three people, another was hospitalized. The technological process was not broken at the time, and there were no threats to other workers and the population. It is worth noting that at the time of writing the news official Ukrainian and Russian sources did not comment on the event.

Recall that in September 2025, according to Russian media, work 38% of the capacity of oil refineries in Russia was temporarily stopped. The main reason for the downtime of analytics is the attacks of drones of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Focus also wrote that on September 29, the Navy of the Armed Forces was hit by the Neptune missile on the Electrodesethal plant, which is located in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation and is a link of military support of the Russian army.