Ukrainian military in hazmat suitsMOSCOW, 19 Mar. In Ukraine, the Nazis are preparing provocations with the use of toxic chemicals to blame the Russian military for what happened, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, said at a briefing. the purpose of mass poisoning of the inhabitants of the Sumy region in the event that units of the Russian Armed Forces enter the city,» he said, calling it «quite egregious facts.» 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. He stressed that the Russian side warns the entire civilized world and international organizations in advance about the provocations of the Ukrainian authorities, in which againthey want to blame the Russian military, as it has happened many times before. «All this is happening 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,» the general said.
Residents of Mariupol told how nationalists were hiding between schoolsVladimir Putin on February 21, in response to the requests of the Donbass republics and after the appeal of the State Duma deputies, signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR. Early on the morning of February 24, Russia launched a military special operation to demilitarize Ukraine. Putin called its goal «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. Melitopol, Berdyansk and blocked Mariupol, now the fighting is going on in the city center. This made it possible to cut off the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the coast of the Sea of u200bu200bAzov and connect with a group of troops in the Donbass. In the eastern direction, the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Volnovakha and reached the Verkhnetoretskoye-Novoselovka-2 line. LPR troops are also developing an offensive. The Russian army took control of Balakleya. Kyiv is blockaded from the west, battles are going on near Kharkov.
