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Orgsintez is a chemical enterprise, the only Russian producer of polycarbonates, sevilen, and metal-tin polyethylene.
The Tatarstan authorities confirmed the attack, but assure that the elimination of the consequences is now underway, although the media reports that the fire is still ongoing.
Drones attacked the Kazan Orgsintez plant on the morning of Tuesday, January 14; tanks began to catch fire. This is reported by several Russian Telegram channels and media.
According to eyewitnesses, they first heard drones flying over the village of Osynivka, after which an explosion was heard near the plant. Kazan OrgsintezAfter some time, the Russians clarified that a large fire had broken out near the plant.
Edition Evening party Kazan claims that the flight did not occur at the plant itself, but at the liquefied gas base. Later, information appeared that three tanks were on fire.
The Tatarstan authorities responded to the incident and confirmed the attack. They say the consequences are being eliminated, but Russian channels say the fire is still burning.
"Today at 5:20 a.m. in the suburbs of Kazan, a gas tank caught fire as a result of an attack by a drone. No one was injured as a result of the incident. Emergency services, which promptly arrived at the scene, eliminated the consequences," they claim.
Telegram ASTRA writes that the Orgsintez plant is a chemical enterprise, the only Russian producer of polycarbonates, sevilen, metal-tin polyethylene - high-strength plastics, as well as one of the largest producers of high- and low-density polyethylene in the Russian Federation.