russians plan to resume Azot plant operation, which may lead to industrial disaster — Luhansk RMA

The head of the Luhansk RMA, Serhiy Haidai, said that the russian occupiers wanted to resume the Sievierodonetsk "Azot" plant's work, but this could lead to industrial disaster due to the destruction the plant suffered.

It was reported by Haidai on Facebook.

"The launch of "Azot" can lead to industrial disaster. The occupiers are knowingly exposing the Sievierodonetsk residents to danger, forcing them to go to work at the plant. The other day, the ruscists announced their plans to resume the work of Severodonetsk "Azot" in their propaganda media," Haidai noted.

Group DF, which includes the plant, said that it was dangerous to resume the plant's work due to the significant destruction of the plant's territory and the lack of proper specialists.

In particular, enemy shelling led to both ammonia shops 1-A and 1-B and nitric acid shop damage.

Almost the entire enterprise infrastructure was damaged, including water supply and water treatment systems, energy supply systems, logistics, and railway management (railway track, warehouse, and transshipment nodes were damaged). Two methanol storage facilities were destroyed, and four CAM storage facilities were damaged.

The "Azot" power supply system has been completely destroyed.

The plant cannot receive electricity from the "Luhansk Energy Association" (support and power transformers at Lysychanska-110, Yuvileyna, and Shchastya points were damaged) or the Kreminska 500 kV substation (the station was broken).

According to Haidai, the destruction of the sewage treatment system of "Azot" (water supply workshop) caused significant damage to Sievierodonetsk because, before the war, the company provided 100% of the city's sewage purification.

The russians are already looking for "Azot" employees in the occupied city and inviting them to work, telling fables that they will bring the chemical plant back to life.

However, according to the head of the RMA, this is impossible.

"An attempt to start production in violation of basic safety rules can lead to casualties and industrial disaster for the entire region. Large-scale destruction at the plant is incompatible with its safe operation," Haidai said.

As Rubryka reported, Dmytro Firtash's Ostchem holding announced the loss of control over the Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk.

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