Moscow-Sana
The Russian Defense Ministry revealed that the Kyiv authorities prepared a new provocation in the burial area of plague victims in Odessa to blame the Russian army.
The Russia Today website quoted the head of the Russian National Defense Monitoring Center, Mikhail Mezintsev, as saying today that “the leadership of the Odessa Military Administration together with the specialists of the 83rd Center for Information and Psychological Operations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is preparing for another despicable provocation to accuse the Russian armed forces of directing strikes on potentially dangerous sites. dangerous, and as a result hundreds of civilians in Odessa may suffer.”
"In a densely populated area of the city near the regional ambulance service station, where the burial place of plague victims is located, the Ukrainian army plans to place an air defense complex or something similar, and in the event of a strike by Russian forces on the complex, the Ukrainian side intends to publish information in The media reported on the occurrence of a biological danger in Odessa, claiming that it was because of Moscow’s fault.”
On the other hand, Mizintsev announced the evacuation of more than 21,000 people, including nearly 2,900 children, to Russia from dangerous areas in Ukraine and the Donbass republics during the past day.
Mizintsev stated that more than 550 explosive items were defused by Russian explosive experts in the Lugansk and Donetsk republics during the day.