Russia blames “Ukrainian nationalists” for ammonia leak reported in chemical plant

Monday, Igor Konashenkov, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Defense, blamed “Ukrainian nationalists” for an ammonia leak in Sumy, according to AFP.

He said, “In the city of Sumy, a planned provocation by Ukrainian nationalists was implemented at night, about which the Russian Ministry of Defense officially warned a few days ago. According to the head of the Sumy regional administration, an ammonia leak occurred at the Sumykhimprom plant.”

“Let me remind you that back on March 19, we officially warned about the mining of this enterprise by Ukrainian nationalists in order to commit a provocation with the aim of accusing Russia of allegedly using “chemical weapons”,” the spokesperson added.

“I want to emphasize once again that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not planned and are not inflicting any strikes on Ukrainian facilities for the storage or production of toxic substances,” he stressed.