Drones attack TogliattiAzot plant and Oryol heat and power plant in Russia
Russian authorities have reported a large-scale drone attack on seven regions of Russia, with disruptions to power and heating in Oryol and Rostov oblasts and a fire at the TogliattiAzot chemical plant.
Source: Russian Ministry of Defence; Andrei Klychkov, Head of Oryol Oblast; Yuri Slyusar, Head of Rostov Oblast; Russian Telegram channel ASTRA
Details: The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that air defence assets have intercepted and destroyed 94 Ukrainian drones, with 36 drones allegedly shot down over Rostov Oblast, 17 over Belgorod Oblast, 15 over Voronezh Oblast, 6 each over Samara and Astrakhan oblasts, and 1 each over Kursk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, as well as 7 over the Caspian Sea and 5 over the Sea of Azov.
ASTRA, citing local residents, has reported that drones attacked the Oryol combined heat and power plant (CHP plant) in Oryol Oblast.
This information was partially confirmed by the local governor, who said there could be problems with heating, electricity and hot water in the city of Oryol.
Quote from Klychkov: "As a result of the enemy attack, a municipal infrastructure facility in the city of Oryol has been damaged. Early information indicates there are no casualties. Emergency teams are carrying out repair work, and short-term restrictions on heating, power supply and hot water are possible in the Sovietskyi district of Oryol."
More details: Later he added that the supply of heating and hot water had in fact been halted and that classes in educational institutions and kindergartens in the Sovietskyi district would be suspended as a result.
In addition, according to ASTRA, the TogliattiAzot (TOAZ) plant in Togliatti in Samara Oblast is on fire following the attack. Local residents say the road to the facility has been closed.
TogliattiAzot is a Russian chemical company and one of the 10 largest ammonia producers in the world.
The governor of Rostov Oblast has also reported an overnight drone attack which has caused power outages.
Quote from Slyusar: "Attacks were repelled in Rostov, Taganrog, Kuibyshevsky, Matveyevo-Kurgansky and Rodionovo-Nesvetaysky districts. The important thing is that no one has been injured. In several settlements, civilian facilities have been damaged. In Rostov, due to a break in a high-voltage power line, residential buildings in Bolgarstroi and industrial consumers in the western industrial zone have been cut off from power."
Because of downed power lines, electricity supplies have also been disrupted to the settlement of Nedvigivka in the Myasnykovsky district and the village of Zaymo-Obryv in the Azov district.
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