Overview

• Perm Krai Governor Dmitry Makhonin reported a Ukrainian drone struck an industrial enterprise in Gubakha on the evening of Sept. 13.
• Local authorities said there were no casualties and the enterprise remained operational.
• Russian opposition outlet Astra and Ukrainska Pravda identified the site as Metafrax Chemicals, though independent verification remains limited.
• Ukrainska Pravda, citing Defence Intelligence of Ukraine sources, said DIU’s Unmanned Systems Forces carried out the strike and damaged urea-production equipment.
• The plant produces chemicals used in explosives, and the attack follows other recent long-range Ukrainian operations on Russian refineries, rail links, and a naval communications hub.