SBU's Alpha unit conducted a deep strike drone attack on the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai, targeting a facility that produces methanol, urotropine, urea and pentaerythritol - all precursors for weapons-grade explosives.
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Deep strike drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine successfully hit a large Russian chemicals plant that supplies the country's explosives production
The facility produces methanol, urotropine, urea and pentaerythritol - all precursors for weapons-grade explosives
The facility is under international sanctions
SBU drones struck the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai earlier this week
The plant is located more than 1600 km from the border with Ukraine
The plant is one of the largest producers of methanol in Russia and Europe
The enterprise produces methanol, urotropin, carbamide, and pentaerythritol - chemical components for manufacturing explosives and other military materials
The plant is an object of the Russian military-industrial complex and is under international sanctions
The strike follows a February 17 Ukrainian drone attack on Metafrax Chemicals in Perm Krai, one of Russia's largest chemical plants
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