{"id":12841,"date":"2026-03-18T20:26:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=12841"},"modified":"2026-03-18T20:26:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:26:01","slug":"ukrainian-drones-vrazyly-khimzavod-uralkhim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/ukrainian-drones-vrazyly-khimzavod-uralkhim\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian drones hit Uralchem chemical plant again\u00ab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian defence forces attack again <strong>chemical plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk<\/strong>. The drones damaged an ammonia production facility and a section of the main gas pipeline. This is the second successful attack on this facility in a month.<\/p>\n<h2>A massive blow to the Uralchem plant\u00ab<\/h2>\n<p>A large chemical plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk, owned by Uralchem, was targeted by Ukrainian drones. The attack destroyed an ammonia production facility and damaged a section of the main gas pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>The plant specialises in the production of ammonium nitrate, a key component for ammunition production. The damage significantly affected the company's operations.<\/p>\n<h2>Second attack in a month<\/h2>\n<p>This is the second time the plant has been hit in the last month. On 4 March, the facility was attacked and destroyed by Lutyi drones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>production workshop;<\/li>\n<li>composition of ammonium nitrate;<\/li>\n<li>nitric acid shop;<\/li>\n<li>ammonia tank;<\/li>\n<li>other equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regular strikes led to the almost complete destruction of the plant, which supplied military raw materials to Russia.<\/p>\n<h2>Context.<\/h2>\n<p>Since the beginning of 2024, the Ukrainian defence forces have significantly expanded their strike zone in Russia. Thanks to precision strikes, strategic facilities of the Russian military-industrial complex are being destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>The plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk was one of the key suppliers of components for Russian ammunition.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0441\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u0437\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0445\u0456\u043c\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0437\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0434 \u0443 \u041a\u0456\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e-\u0427\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0446\u044c\u043a\u0443. \u0414\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0448\u043a\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u0446\u0435\u0445 \u0456\u0437 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0430\u043c\u0456\u0430\u043a\u0443 \u0442\u0430 \u0434\u0456\u043b\u044f\u043d\u043a\u0443 \u043c\u0430\u0433\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u0430\u0437\u043e\u043f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0443. \u0426\u0435 \u0432\u0436\u0435 \u0434\u0440\u0443\u0433\u0430 \u0443\u0441\u043f\u0456\u0448\u043d\u0430 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u0446\u0435\u0439 \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0454\u043a\u0442 \u0437\u0430 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u044f\u0446\u044c. \u041c\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u0443\u0434\u0430\u0440 \u043f\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0432\u043e\u0434\u0443 \u00ab\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0445\u0456\u043c\u00bb \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0435 \u0445\u0456\u043c\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0435 \u043f\u0456\u0434\u043f\u0440\u0438\u0454\u043c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e \u0443 \u041a\u0456\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e-\u0427\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0446\u044c\u043a\u0443, \u0449\u043e \u043d\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u00ab\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0445\u0456\u043c\u00bb, \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0446\u0456\u043b\u043b\u044e \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432. \u0423\u043d\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043a \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0438 \u0437\u0440\u0443\u0439\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0446\u0435\u0445 \u0456\u0437 \u0432\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0431\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0442\u0432\u0430 \u0430\u043c\u0456\u0430\u043a\u0443 \u0442\u0430 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433355,"featured_media":12840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0423\u0440\u0430\u043b\u0445\u0456\u043c","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805623,806752],"class_list":{"0":"post-12841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805623","9":"tag-806752"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12844,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12841\/revisions\/12844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}