“In Artyomovsk, Donetsk People’s Republic, militants of the Ukrainian armed formations mined the dam of the city reservoir, which they plan to blow up, after which the Kyiv authorities ... will accuse the Russian armed forces of allegedly indiscriminate strikes on hydrodynamically dangerous objects,” he said.
Mizintsev added that in the event of an explosion, more than 35,000 residents of the city would be at risk of flooding.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that the Ukrainian side had completed preparations in Slavyansk (DPR) for a provocation using potent poisonous substances.