“In the Perm region of Russia, on the night of October 3, there was an attack of drones, which led to damage to an apartment building and a short -term stopping of the chemical plant “Azot”. Governor Dmitry Makhonin assured that there are no environmental threats and dangers for residents”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
At the Azot chemical plant, Makhonin said, there was a “short -term stop of the technological cycle, now the company operates in a regular mode.” “There is no threat to the environmental situation, the safety of residents is not threatened,” he added.
On the evening of October 2, telegrams were reported on explosions at Nitrogen. In the morning erection of the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Perm region is not mentioned. The head of the Berezniki in the Perm region Alexei Kazachenko wrote that “Azot” stopped work at 20:45. The Permian Department of the Ministry of Emergencies announced “unmanned danger” on October 3 at 03:05 local time. Local telegrams, Astra wrote, reported that the refrigeration explosion in one of the workshops could be the reason.
Nitrogen is a branch of Uralchim. The company produces higher aliphatic amines, sodium nitrate and crystalline sodium nitrite. Ammonium nitrate (ammonium nitrate) is used as a component of explosives and as nitrogen fertilizer. The company is located about 1700 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.