{"id":40538,"date":"2025-12-11T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/a-large-chemical-plant-attacked-in-russias-veliky-novgorod-what-is-known\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T05:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:00:44","slug":"a-large-chemical-plant-attacked-in-russias-veliky-novgorod-what-is-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/a-large-chemical-plant-attacked-in-russias-veliky-novgorod-what-is-known\/","title":{"rendered":"A large chemical plant attacked in Russia&apos;s Veliky Novgorod: what is known"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod, a large-scale fire broke out at a chemical plant on the night of December 11 as a result of a drone attack. Part of the plant&#039;s products have a dual purpose &#8211; in particular, they are used as a component in the production of explosives.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimg.unn.ua%2Fimg%2F2025%2F12%2F11%2F1765425614-4524-large.webp&amp;w=720&amp;q=75\" alt=\"A large chemical plant attacked in Russia&#039;s Veliky Novgorod: what is known\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On the night of Thursday, December 11, drones attacked the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod. This was reported by UNN with reference to local public pages.<\/p>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<p>It is noted that the local chemical plant PJSC &quot;Acron&quot; was attacked by a UAV. A fire broke out at the enterprise.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Locals report that there were more than 5 hits, like in the video<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; stated in one of the messages.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><video controls=\"true\"><source src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/video\/2025\/12\/11\/1765424860-3139.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the governor of the Novgorod region of the Russian Federation, Alexander Dronov, confirmed the attack on the regional center.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The air defense system is operating in the Novgorod region. All operational services are on high alert. Please remain calm. I am keeping the situation under personal control. &#8230; Attention! Dear Novgorodians, if you detect a UAV, please remain calm and report all possible situations to 112. All operational services are on high alert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the official reported on Telegram.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><video controls=\"true\"><source src=\"https:\/\/unn.ua\/video\/2025\/12\/11\/1765424965-4886.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/source><\/video><\/p>\n<h2>For reference<\/h2>\n<p>The chemical plant PJSC &quot;Acron&quot; in Veliky Novgorod is one of the largest chemical production facilities in Russia. Part of its products and raw materials have a dual purpose &#8211; in particular, they are used as a key component in the production of explosives.<\/p>\n<h2>Recall<\/h2>\n<p>In late November, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the successful strike on the Afipsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar Krai of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n<p>Drones attacked a seaport in Russia&#039;s Temryuk: fuel tanks are burning &#8211; media05.12.25, 03:02 \u2022 5584 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod, a large-scale fire broke out at a chemical plant on the night of December 11 as a result of a drone attack. Part of the plant&#039;s products have a dual purpose &#8211; in particular, they are used as a component in the production of explosives. On the night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40538","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}