Smoke could be seen rising from the facility as workers reported loud explosions, forcing the facility to shutdown.
Air raid sirens wailed in Berezniki and nearby Solikamsk hours before the strike as monitoring channels tracked incoming drones. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed its forces shot down several drones over the Perm region, prompting aviation officials to halt all arrivals and departures at Perm’s Bolshoye Savino Airport starting at 5:00 a.m. Moscow time.
The Azot facility – the legal successor to the Soviet-era Berezniki Chemical Combine – produces key industrial chemicals including ammonia, nitric acid, and various nitrates. Its nitric acid output is critically linked to Russia's defense sector, supplying major military-industrial sites like the Perm Powder Plant and the Solikamsk Ural Plant to manufacture explosives and gunpowder. The industrial complex employs roughly 2,500 workers.
An overnight drone strike sparked fires at both an oil refinery and a major warehouse belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Ozon in Saratov, Russia, on September 11. Ukrainian defense contractor Fire Point later confirmed its role in the strike on the Ozon logistics center, stating that its FP-1 drones were used to carry out the attack. The destroyed warehouse spanned roughly 85,000 square meters and was designed to hold more than 30 million items.
A missile strike hit the Russian city of Volgograd that same night, triggering massive explosions and fires. Local authorities stated that “debris” landed at an industrial site in the southern part of the city.