{"id":7295,"date":"2025-06-08T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chemical-plant-in-russias-tula-oblast-reportedly-hit-2nd-time-in-drone-attack\/"},"modified":"2025-06-08T00:01:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T00:01:36","slug":"chemical-plant-in-russias-tula-oblast-reportedly-hit-2nd-time-in-drone-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/chemical-plant-in-russias-tula-oblast-reportedly-hit-2nd-time-in-drone-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical plant in Russia&#8217;s Tula Oblast reportedly hit 2nd time in drone attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-1701274468.jpg\" alt=\"Chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast reportedly hit 2nd time in drone attack\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk caught fire after it was reportedly targeted a second time in a drone attack overnight on June 8, independent news channel Astra reported.<\/p>\n<p>The plant was <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russian-factories-targeted-in-alleged-ukrainian-drone-strike\/\">previously struck<\/a> and caught fire on May 24 in a similar overnight drone attack.<\/p>\n<p>Novomoskovsk in Russia&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/tula-oblast\/\">Tula Oblast<\/a> is located about 395 kilometers (245 miles) from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Astra <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/astrapress\/83331\">shared<\/a> unverified footage of what appears to be smoke rising from the Azot chemical Plant following the June 8 drone attack.<\/p>\n<p>The Azot company produces ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers, as well as organic plastics, resins, chlorine, and nitric acid, according to open sources.<\/p>\n<p>Tula Oblast Governor Dmitry Milyaev earlier reported that a drone attack hazard was declared in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the claims.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine regularly strikes military targets deep within Russian territory in an effort to diminish Moscow&#8217;s fighting power in its ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/war\/\">war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On June 1, Ukraine launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/operation-spiderweb-everything-we-know-about-ukraines-audacious-attack-on-russias-heavy-bombers\/\">game-changing drone attack<\/a> on four key Russian military airfields, damaging 41 planes, including <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/ukraines-general-staff-confirms-striking-41-russian-bombers-other-aircraft-in-june-1-mass-drone-attack\/\">heavy bombers<\/a> and rare <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/rare-russian-spy-planes-damaged-in-ukraines-operation-spiderweb-telegraph-reports\/\">A-50 spy planes.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Kyiv claims it has <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/first-satellite-images-show-destroyed-russian-bombers-after-ukrainian-drone-strike-on-belaya-air-base\/\">disabled<\/a> 34% of Russia&#8217;s strategic bomber fleet in what is seen as one of the most daring operations during Russia&#8217;s full-scale war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/air-force-ukraine-downs-russian-su-35-fighter-jet\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Ukraine downs fighter jet in Russia\u2019s Kursk Oblast, Air Force says<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">Ukraine launched a cross-border incursion into Kursk Oblast in August 2024. Reinforced by North Korean troops, Russia launched a push to recapture the region in early March, with Ukraine being forced to pull back from much of the initially taken territory.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast reportedly hit 2nd time in drone attack\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Daria Shulzhenko<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/su-2.jpg\" alt=\"Chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast reportedly hit 2nd time in drone attack\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/chemical-plant-in-russias-tula-oblast-reportedly-hit-2nd-time-in-drone-attack\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s note: This is a developing story and is being updated. The Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk caught fire after it was reportedly targeted a second time in a drone attack overnight on June 8, independent news channel Astra reported. 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