Footage has circulated online showing Ukrainian attack drones flying low over buildings in Veliky Novgorod. Unmanned aerial vehicles attacked a chemical plant belonging to Acron. The headquarters of the Russian concern is located in Veliky Novgorod.
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Where did the Ukrainian drone attacks take place?
Who controls Acron?
What were the previous actions of Wiaczesław Moshe Kantor towards Azoty Tarnów?
What products does Acron produce in its plants?
The recordings show an explosion after being hit by drones and burning company facilities. Acron is one of the largest producers of ammonia and ammonium nitrate in Russia, as well as a leading producer of mineral fertilizers worldwide. The plants also produce explosives for the Russian army.
Acron is on the sanctions list of the government of the Republic of Poland, with the justification stating that it is of “strategic importance to the Russian government, therefore generating benefits and enabling support for the government of the Russian Federation, whose actions destabilize or undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
A Russian billionaire wanted to take over a Polish company
The company is controlled by Vyacheslav Moshe Kantor, one of the richest Russians, a second-tier oligarch who was subject to sanctions by the European Union in 2022. Earlier, in 2018, the British government introduced sanctions against him.
In 2012, Kantor tried to take over the Polish company Tarnowskie Azoty, which was ultimately saved by merging with ZA Puławy. The Russian billionaire's companies then took over 15.35 percent in less than a year. Azoty shares. Kantor's goal was to take over 20 percent. shares and introducing a representative to the supervisory board of Tarnów.
