Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Stavrolen petrochemical plant in Russia’s Stavropol Krai overnight, triggering a fire at one of the country’s key industrial facilities.

Explosions were reported in Russia’s Oryol city and Stavropol Krai overnight on December 4, following drone attacks. In Nevinnomyssk, a chemical plant—one of Russia’s largest producers of nitrogen fertilizers, ammonia, and raw materials for explosives—caught fire.

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported the arrest of an Azerbaijani citizen in Stavropol Krai on alleged suspicion of allegedly preparing multiple acts of sabotage under the orders of Ukrainian special services.

A synthetic sapphire production facility in Stavropol, southern Russia, was reportedly struck by drones overnighta. Footage shared online shows smoke and fire near the JSC Monocrystal plant, one of the world’s largest producers of synthetic sapphire, used in optoelectronics, aerospace, and military devices.

fficers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) have thwarted a plot by a Central Asian national to blow up a passenger train in the Stavropol Region in Russia’s North Caucasus, the FSB said in a statement.

Amid global energy challenges, Kenya has announced plans to actively develop cooperation with Russia in the fields of nuclear and renewable energy.