Damascus-SANA
Syria has expressed its deep concern about the information about the warnings of the dangers of provocations that some Ukrainian Nazi nationalist organizations are seeking to carry out to accuse the Russian Federation and its armed forces of using chemical weapons against the civilian population in Donbass, stressing its satisfaction with the Russian Federation's response to such provocations.
An official source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates told SANA: The Syrian Arab Republic takes note with great concern of the information that speaks of warnings of the dangers of provocations that some Ukrainian Nazi nationalist organizations are seeking to carry out to accuse the Russian Federation and its armed forces of using chemical weapons against the civilian population in a number of areas. Cities, especially in the Donbass region.
The source added: This information indicates that some Ukrainian nationalist extremists planted explosives on containers containing chlorine in the city of Belogorovka in the Donbass region with the aim of detonating them when the People's Liberation Army approached Lugansk.
The source continued: The Syrian Arab Republic condemns in the strongest terms the destruction by some Ukrainian extremists on April 9, 2022, of a container containing hazardous materials in a chemical factory located in the city of Lugansk, which led to the emission of toxic chemicals that polluted large areas of land in that region and became It poses a direct threat to the population and the environment.
The source stressed that Syria confirms its satisfaction with the Russian Federation's response to such provocations, bearing in mind that Syria was and still suffers from similar incidents carried out by several terrorist organizations, led by the terrorist "White Helmets group."
The source concluded by saying: Syria calls on international actors from countries and organizations, especially the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, to be aware of the dangers of these chemical provocations carried out by extremist and terrorist organizations, stressing the importance of serious dealing by the international community with these provocations in a firm manner and not to allow the politicization of these crimes and the use of standards Dual handling.
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