Fake:
Russian units blew up a tanker of nitric acid in Rubezhnoe in Lugansk Region. Such reports are spread by Ukrainian telegram channels.
Truth:
According to information of Lugansk people’s militia, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing Rubezhnoe for surrender. The tanker was blown up in workshop of Zarya plant, the moment of detonation was specially planned taking into account the wind direction — towards the liberated Kudryashovka. The provocation was most likely prepared for a long time in order to carry it out right before the retreat.
Russian Defence Ministry earlier reported that Ukrainian Security Service, with the support of the West, was preparing a provocation involving the use of toxic substances against civilians. US has repeatedly stated that it will condemn any chemical attack by Russia (although we have not had chemical weapons since 2017), and is now quite routinely ready to provide Ukraine with gas masks and other protective equipment.
This once again proves that provocateurs act according to the same patterns. It is enough to remind the story of the «chemical attack» in Idlib, which served as a pretext for US cruise missile strike.
