UKRAINE

The restart of the Azot plant, which the occupiers are planning, may lead to a man-made disaster Haidai



Ukrainska Pravda
ALONA MAZURENKO — THURSDAY, 14 JULY 2022, 18:19

Serhii Haidai, Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, said that the Russian occupiers want to restart the Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk, but warned that this could lead to a man-made disaster, due to the destruction that the plant suffered.

Source: Haidai on Facebook

Quote: "The restart of Azot could lead to a man-made disaster. The occupiers are knowingly exposing the residents of Sievierodonetsk to danger, forcing them to go to work at the factory.

The other day, the Ruscists announced in their propaganda media their plans to resume the operation of the Azot plant in Sievierodonetsk.


Details: Group DF, which includes the plant, said that it is dangerous to resume the work of the plant due to significant damage to its territory and the lack of the requisite specialists to operate it.

In particular, as a result of shelling by the occupiers, both ammonia shops 1-A and 1-B, and nitric acid shops were damaged.

Almost the entire infrastructure of the enterprise was damaged - water supply and water treatment systems, the energy supply system, logistics and railway management (railway track, the warehouse, and intermediate nodes were damaged). Two methanol storage facilities were destroyed, and four urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) storage facilities were damaged.

The Azot plant’s power supply system has been completely destroyed.

The plant cannot receive electricity from the Luhansk Energy Association (supports and power transformers at the Lysychansk-110, Yuvileina, and Shchastia sites were damaged) or from the Kreminska 500 kilowatts substation (the station was broken).

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

The Russians are already looking for Azot workers in the occupied city and inviting them to work, telling tales that they will bring the chemical plant back to life.

However, according to the Head of the Oblast Military Administration, this is impossible.

Quote: "An attempt to start production in violation of basic safety rules can lead to casualties and a man-made disaster affecting the entire region. Large-scale destruction at the plant is not compatible with its safe operation."

Background:

Dmytro Firtash's Ostchem Holding company announced its loss of control over the "Azot" plant in Sievierodonetsk