(Adnkronos) – Ten dead and 12 missing: this is the toll from an explosion in a factory in Kopeysk, central Russia, according to the governor of the Chelyabinsk region. “According to the latest information – wrote Alexei Teksler on Telegram, without providing details on the nature of the explosion – ten people were killed at the Kopeysk plant. The fate of another 12 is unknown.”
Independent Russian media reported that the factory is Plastmass, which produces artillery ammunition and is subject to Western sanctions. The plant is located about two thousand kilometers from the northeastern Ukrainian border. The governor denied reports on some Telegram channels that the plant had been hit by Ukrainian drones.
