On the morning of March 11, residents of Tolyatti, Samara region, reported a large number of explosions and a fire at a chemical plant. A photo of eyewitnesses published by the Ukrainian channel Exilenova+, taken from Gorky Street. The KuibyshevAzot plant is most likely on fire in the frame, the ASTRA analyst believes. At the same time, there is another enterprise nearby — Tolyattikauchuk.

According to the KuibyshevAzot website, it is one of the leading Russian chemical companies, a leader in the production of caprolactam and its processed products, and one of the largest producers of nitrogen fertilizers.