Jake SullivanWASHINGTON, Mar 15US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan is seeking a telephone conversation with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev on the situation in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports, citing informed sources. It is noted that Sullivan wants to discuss with Patrushev the alleged risk of Russia's possible use of chemical or biological weapons on Ukraine. The adviser to the US president intends to warn Russia against such actions in a conversation. However, such a telephone conversation has not yet been scheduled, the agency adds. The US authorities previously said that Russia could allegedly use poisonous substances as part of a «false flag» operation, but did not provided no evidence. Earlier, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that Ukrainian nationalists could be preparing a provocation using poisonous substances and attribute their actions to Russian forces. According to Konashenkov, on the night of March 9, Ukrainian nationalists brought about 80 tons of ammonia to the village of Zolochiv northwest of Kharkov. According to Konashenkov, according to the residents who left Zolochiv, nationalists teach them how to act correctly in case of a chemical attack. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.
