On the night of October 28, a missile threat was declared in Lipetsk region. "The enemy is trying to attack the industrial infrastructure of Lipetsk. The repulse of the massive attack is underway," the "Radar Lipetsk" channel reported. Later, information appeared on the channel about the fire that broke out in the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine (NLMC). The Ukrainian Exilenova+ monitoring channel confirmed the fire on the territory of the enterprise, noting that the "Pantsir" air defense system could have missed the air target. Igor Artamonov, head of Lipetsk region, did not comment on the attack and its consequences. NLMK is the largest steel smelting plant in Russia and is among the 20 largest in the world. It can produce 17 million tons of liquid steel annually. Before that, the enterprise was attacked in July of this year. In the early morning of October 28, the governor of Tula region, Dmitry Milyaev, also declared a missile threat. Later, he reported that the region was subjected to a massive attack by Ukrainian drones. "As a result of the fall of UAV debris, an apartment building, private houses and the infrastructure of the adjacent industrial zone were damaged in Novomoskovsk," Milyaev said. He added that information about victims and damages is being verified. According to Exilenova+, the target of the attack in Novomoskovsk was the "Nitrogen" chemical plant, which is part of the "EuroChem" group and is one of the largest producers of nitrogen fertilizers in Russia. In particular, it produces ammonia, ammonium nitrate, urea and methanol, which are used in the production of ammunition. On October 24, Ukrainian drones attacked the large petrochemical enterprise "Tolyattikauchuk" in the Samara region. A fire broke out in the factory belonging to "Tatneft", and the authorities closed the streets adjacent to it. The thermal power plant of Tolyatti was also hit, as a result of which the residents of the city experienced interruptions in the supply of electricity and water. "Tolyattikauchuk" produces monomers, hydrocarbon fractions and automotive gasoline additives, and the synthetic rubbers produced by the plant are used in the production of solid rocket fuel for tactical and ballistic missiles. in time. On September 12, Ukrainian drones also hit the KuibyshevAzot enterprise in Tolyatti, which produces ammonium nitrate, ammonia and dilute nitric acid.
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Ukraine struck Russia's largest metallurgical plant and chemical plant in the Tula region

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