There is no information that the company has been attacked. The Mash website said that the attack took place at the Dmitryjewski Chemical Plant (DCHZ), which produces butyloctane and acetic acid. Judging by the photos published by local residents, gray smoke hovered over the plant.
This is the second attack on Russian chemical plants within three days. On May 24, the Governor of the Tulski District Dmitry Miliajew announced the hitting of Ukrainian drones in “One of the enterprises in Nowomoskowsk”. According to the Ukrainian Exilenova channel+, the goal of the drones was the Local Chemical Plant “Azot” producing ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers – the second in terms of production volume in Russia.
Later, Miliajew confirmed that the acid tanks were damaged at the “Azot” plant. Three people were injured, the fire was quickly extinguished. The head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security Council of Ukraine Andrij Kałenko stated that A number of chemicals produced in the plant can be used for military purposes. It's about ammonium nitrate, methanol and argon. On the night of May 25-26, Nowomoskowsk in the Tulski region was again attacked by drones.
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According to the summary of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, from 20.00 Moscow time on May 25 to 8.00 in the morning of May 26 over Russia's territory, Putin's army shot down 96 Ukrainian drones. The next 31 drones destroyed over the Bryan District, 16 over the Belgorodzi region, 11 on Kursk, nine above the Tulski Oblast, eight above the Orłów Oblast, six above the Moscow District, five over Kałuszna, four over Iwanowska, two over Ryazan and Włodzimierz and one over Jarosław and Tata. In connection with the drone attack, the Russian Federal Aviation Transport Agency (Rosawyatia) introduced restrictions in the work of airports Domodiedowo, Wnukowo, Żukowski and Kaługa.
