German company Knauf cannot confirm Russian media reports about the seizure of its drywall factory in Soledar, in the Donetsk region, and also has no information “on whether there were any deaths or injuries during hostilities” around the company at the moment. . As noted in the company’s press service response to a request from DW on Wednesday, August 10, Knauf’s management “closed the factory a few weeks ago”.

The day before, Russian media, citing representatives of the so-called “people’s militia” of the “LPR”, reported that Russian troops, along with units of pro-Russian separatists, were clearing the company of the Ukrainian military. Earlier, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the taking of the plant’s territory under control on his Telegram channel.

Knauf is a leading company in the European building materials industry. It produces a wide range of products for interior walls, ceilings and floors. The company’s active activity on the Ukrainian market began in August 1996. Knauf Gips Donbass LLC, established in Soledar on the basis of the Dekonsky factory for construction parts, started its work in 2006