Russian Ministry of Defence spokesperson Major General Igor Konashenkov accused the Security Service of Ukraine of mining a warehouse containing 120 tons of chlorine at the Khimprom plant in Pervomaisk, Kharkiv Oblast, alleging a planned provocation to blow up the facility and frame Russian Armed Forces for a chemical catastrophe.

Igor Konashenkov stated that Ukrainian special services are preparing a major provocation with toxic substances in Pervomaisk, Kharkiv region

Konashenkov claimed the Security Service of Ukraine mined a warehouse with 120 tons of chlorine on the territory of the Khimprom production association

Konashenkov alleged the plan was to blow up the warehouse to accuse Russian Armed Forces of creating a chemical catastrophe that would kill local residents

The Khimprom enterprise in Pervomaisk was liquidated in 2012

The Khimprom plant is closed and its workshop buildings have been demolished

The railway tracks leading to the Khimprom plant have been dismantled

A video of the SOE workshop explosion was published on YouTube in 2013

Mass grave uncovered in Bucha. Three residents tortured and killed and bodies burnt in Husarivka.

A murdered paramedic was found in Husarovka with hands tied and visible signs of torture, indicating war crimes by occupying forces.

In the temporarily occupied city of Izyum, representatives of the so-called "DPR" perform the functions of the local "police", carry out illegal checks of documents, searches of persons and premises of the local population.