Russian army engineers have rigged explosives to an industrial chemical plant in Crimea next to “a toxic acid lake reservoir”, Ukrainian news outlets reported. Oleksandr Prokudin, Ukraine-appointed head of the Kherson region's military administration, warned that detonating the explosives would result in a disaster worse than than the Soviet Union's 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, The Kyiv Post reported. Russia has been accused of targeting Ukrainian infrastructure throughout the more than 15 months of invasion that began in February last year. This week, Ukraine blamed Moscow for destroying a Soviet-era dam in Nova Kakhovka, a city in Ukraine's Kherson. Ukrainian military analyst Roman Svitan said that Russians could set off the explosives at the plant if they fear Ukrainian forces are prepared to attack.

Source: Hindustan Times June 11, 2023 00:33 UTC