Drones operated by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) have attacked a Russian chemical plant, considered vital to its defence industrial base. 

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in DIU

Details: Sources told Ukrainska Pravda that the attack hit Metafrax Chemicals in Russia's Perm Krai. The facility is the second-largest organic synthesis producer in the country and a key part of its defence industrial base.

Early reports indicate that Ukrainian drones have damaged equipment used for producing urea.

Дрони ГУР атакували військове хімічне виробництво у Пермському краї РФ
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The facility produces core components used to manufacture explosives, specifically hexamine, methanol, pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and carbamide.

The plant is located approximately 1,600 km from Ukraine’s border.

The operation was carried out by the Unmanned Systems Forces of DIU's Active Operations Department.

Background:

• On 13-14 September, DIU and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck a Russian railway line between Oryol and Kursk.
• Additionally, on the night of 13-14 September, the Special Operations Forces and Unmanned Systems Forces hit the Kirishi oil refinery, one of Russia's largest, in Leningrad Oblast.
• This morning, reports emerged that the Ukrainian Navy had struck a communications hub belonging to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol on the night of 10-11 September.

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