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Ukraine Strikes Metafrax Chemical Plant, Kremlin Claims Fuel Secure

5/25/2026

Center

Zelenskyy Targets Plant

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai, a missile-and-drone parts supplier, was deliberately hit.
Ukraine intensified drone and missile strikes on Russian energy sites from the front, hitting oil terminals, refineries and chemical plants.
The Sheskharis terminal and refineries at Syzran and NORSI were struck, sparking fires stopping processing.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the attacks do not endanger Russia’s fuel supply despite shutdowns.

Right

Russia Bombards

Russia launched an Oreshnik hypersonic missile near Kyiv during the war’s heaviest bombardment since 2022.
Ukrainian strikes hit the Sheskharis oil terminal and the Syzran and NORSI refineries, sparking fires that halted processing.
Drone strikes wounded five civilians in the Russian-controlled eastern Ukrainian town of Horlivka.
A Russian shell, missile and drone barrage in Kherson killed two people and injured sixteen.

Blindspot

Center coverage emphasized Russia’s Foreign Ministry warning of “inevitable and severe” retaliation after a drone strike on a Starobilsk college dormitory that killed 12 civilians, which Right coverage omitted.
Center coverage also reported President Zelensky’s claim that the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai, a missile-and-drone parts supplier, was deliberately hit, a point not mentioned by Right.

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Zelenskyy Targets Plant

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai, a missile-and-drone parts supplier, was deliberately hit.
Ukraine intensified drone and missile strikes on Russian energy sites from the front, hitting oil terminals, refineries and chemical plants.
The Sheskharis terminal and refineries at Syzran and NORSI were struck, sparking fires stopping processing.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the attacks do not endanger Russia’s fuel supply despite shutdowns.

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