Russia’s largest petrochemical complex, ZapSibNeftekhim, owned by Sibur in Tobolsk, Tyumen Region, was damaged in an attack by Ukrainian drones.
As a result of the strike, the facility has completely halted operations for an indefinite period, as specialists are currently assessing the extent of the damage and its consequences, Reuters reports.
Local authorities confirmed a fire at an industrial site in the region following the UAV attack.
The shutdown has already affected the market: the exchange has stopped offering volumes of liquefied gas from Tobolsk, although previously about 4,000 tonnes of a technical propane-butane blend were sold there daily.
This facility is critically important to Russia’s economy, as it produces about 6 million tonnes of liquefied gas per year—around 40% of the country’s total output. The company uses nearly half of that volume as feedstock for its own petrochemical production.
- Earlier, the Special Operations Forces confirmed that DeepStrike units, in coordination with the insurgent movement in Russia known as “Black Spark,” struck the petrochemical complex in Tobolsk, Tyumen Region of the Russian Federation.
- In addition, Ukrainian forces continue to hit Russian oil refineries. In particular, on the night of August 11, the Defense Forces attacked the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia’s Orenburg Region