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the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, a chemical plant was bombed and toxic nitric acid rose like a huge cloud.
Smoke that was fatal to the human body covered the whole area.
Correspondent Kim Young-ah.
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The soldier in the trench is surprised to see the clouds rising in the distance.
The orange clouds covering the sky are poisonous clouds caused by chemical explosions.
A highly toxic nitrate tank exploded after Russian forces bombed a chemical plant in Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine with a long-range missile.
The governor of Severodonetsk and Ukrainian authorities have urged residents to evacuate and never go outside, saying the chemical spilled in the attack could be fatal.
[Governor Serhi Haidai / Luhansk: Because it is a private factory, we cannot know exactly what substances are left inside.
However, even a few tons of hazardous substances can be very dangerous.]
On April 5th and 9th, the Russian military also bombed nitric acid storage tanks in the Donbas area one after another.
At that time, about 3 tons of nitrate exploded and the sky was covered in orange.
Nitric acid is a toxic substance that can cause bronchitis, dermatitis, etc. and, in severe cases, pulmonary edema if inhaled or in contact with the skin.
Severodonetsk, where the Russian army is besieging the entire city and pouring out a violent assault, is a large-scale industrial complex with a concentration of chemical factories.
Ukraine claims that Russia is deliberately targeting chemical plants with high concentrations of toxic substances.
Russia, on the other hand, denied the bombing of the chemical plant.
Following the allegations of genocide of civilians, the bombing of chemical plants also claimed that Ukraine was a self-inflicted act.
(Video editing: Lee Jung-taek)