Drones Target Azot Chemical Plant and Moscow: What is Known About the Attack

According to the Russian Defense Ministry's report, 61 aircraft-type drones were shot down overnight over Russian territory outside the SVO zone. In the morning, three more UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula regions. Later, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported another drone shot down, which became the tenth after midnight.

As reported by Shot , Ukrainian UAVs attempted to attack Moscow from three directions: Domodedovo, Naro-Fominsk and Zvenigorod. The "Carpet" plan was announced at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Kaluga airports. The restrictions have now been lifted.

According to Shot, the enemy attempted to attack the capital with UJ-22 Airborne drones, which have a range of up to 800 km.

Kaluga Region Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported the destruction of seven UAVs overnight. According to him, the falling debris caused minor damage to the roofs and double-glazed windows of three private homes. There were no casualties.

The head of the Oryol region, Andrei Klychkov , said that nine enemy drones were shot down over the region in the course of 24 hours. Three houses and a section of a gas pipeline were slightly damaged . No one was hurt.

The Tula region was restless that night. Residents of Novomoskovsk counted about 12 explosions over the city. Soon after, smoke rose, and eyewitnesses saw the glow of a fire. The fire occurred on the territory of the Azot plant.

Tula Region Governor Dmitry Milyaev confirmed the information about the fire at Novomoskovsk Azot as a result of a UAV crash. The fire was quickly extinguished. Two victims are known - according to the head of the region, their lives are out of danger.

Milyaev emphasized that as a result of the emergency at the enterprise, no emissions of harmful substances were recorded - their level is within the permissible limits.

Let us recall that on May 24, Milyaev reported a fire at one of the enterprises in Novomoskovsk - as a result of the UAV attack, a natural gas pipeline was damaged. Damage to the acid tank was later discovered - no excess of maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances in the air was observed. Three people were injured.

Political scientist Sergei Starovoitov called the attack on Azot a blow to the prospects of the so-called Grain Deal.

"Ukraine's demands are to provide a safe transport corridor across the Black Sea for the export of grain, ours are to lift sanctions, including on agricultural products, food and fertilizers. The participants in the negotiations, in addition to Russia and Ukraine, are the United States and Turkey," the expert noted .

In his opinion, this is an unambiguous response from the partners, and the shelling and strikes that are currently taking place should be viewed as arguments of the parties within the framework of the Istanbul negotiations.