BEREZNIKI, Russia - Ukrainian long-range drones struck the AVISMA chemical and metallurgical plant in Berezniki, in Russia's Perm region, overnight into Sunday, October 25, The Moscow Times and independent monitoring groups reported, in an attack on one of the world's largest titanium production facilities more than 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
Source: The Moscow Times via EuropeSays
Perm region Governor Dmitry Makhonin acknowledged an attack on an industrial enterprise in the north of the region, saying air defences and mobile fire teams downed 11 drones, the facility sustained minor damage and continued to operate normally, and five employees were injured, three of them taken to hospital for examination. Makhonin did not name the facility.
Source: SE Times
The Ukrainian open-source monitoring channel Exilenova+ said it had geolocated footage of the strike to the grounds of the AVISMA plant in Berezniki, about 170 kilometres north of the regional capital Perm, and local residents reported hearing drones, explosions and air-defence fire near the plant, according to the reports. The identification of the plant has not been officially confirmed by the regional authorities.
AVISMA is part of VSMPO-AVISMA, described by the US Geological Survey as producing about 33,500 metric tons of titanium sponge in 2024, roughly 96 percent of Russia's total. Titanium sponge is the raw material for alloys used in combat aircraft, jet engines and missiles, and Ukraine's defence intelligence has identified the corporation as a supplier in the production chains of Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets, UNITED24 Media reported. The corporation has been under US sanctions since 2023.
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Reports said a second industrial plant, Energiya in the Lipetsk region, was also struck on October 25. Reuters reported separately on Sunday that a Ukrainian strike on an industrial zone in Yelets, in the Lipetsk region, killed a security guard and injured a paramedic, according to regional Governor Igor Artamonov, who did not identify the facility.
The deep strike on a defence-industry plant in the Urals underlines how far Ukrainian long-range drones now reach inside Russia, even as Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade overnight attacks ahead of trilateral talks expected in November.