The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that nationalists are preparing provocations with chemicals in several regions of Ukraine

Provocations with the use of poisonous chemicals are being prepared in a number of settlements of Ukraine to blame the Russian military for what happened, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said.

“In Sumy, at the SumyKhimProm chemical plant, nationalists mined storage facilities with ammonia and chlorine in order to mass poison the residents of the Sumy region if units of the Russian Armed Forces entered the city”

Provocations are also being prepared in the village of Kotlyarovo, Mykolaiv region, using poisonous chemicals. “For this, containers with toxic chemicals have already been delivered to the building of the local elementary school, which are planned to be blown up when Russian troops approach,” the general added.

Russia warns the entire civilized world and international organizations in advance about the prepared cynical provocations of the Ukrainian authorities, which, if they are implemented, will again blame the Russian military, as has happened many times before, stressed Mikhail Mizintsev.

"All this is being done with the direct support of the US leadership and a number of European Union countries that view Ukraine as an instrument of anti-Russian policy."