Russian Fertilizer Plant Hit by Drones to Stay Shut Until May

Russian authorities said a major nitrogen fertilizer plant will remain idle until May after a Ukrainian drone strike last month, signaling further strain on supplies as the Middle East conflict disrupts global trade.

Dorogobuzh PJSC, which produces about 2 million metric tons of nitrogen nutrients a year, was damaged in a fire in late February following an attack on the Smolensk region that Moscow blamed on Ukraine.