Overview
- Local residents and monitoring channels reported hours of drone activity, explosions, smoke and a strong smell of ammonia at the NAK Azot plant overnight on Friday, June 26.
- Tula governor Dmitriy Milyaev confirmed damage to a power line and an industrial enterprise in Novomoskovsk and said a private house in Shchekinsky district was damaged and one woman was injured and is receiving medical care.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense said air defenses destroyed 660 drones over multiple regions, including Tula and occupied Crimea, though independent verification of the scale of the attacks and interceptions is limited.
- NAK Azot is a major producer of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers and is part of EuroChem, so physical harm to the site raises immediate environmental risks from ammonia and potential disruption to fertilizer production and local energy services.
- Key facts remain unverified, including the full extent of damage, any confirmed chemical release and a final casualty toll, and authorities and monitors will need to publish safety assessments and environmental readings next.