"To discredit the actions of Russia": the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation accused the SBU of preparing a provocation as part of a grain deal

The Security Service of Ukraine is preparing for a large-scale provocation in the coming days to discredit Russia's actions in the framework of the grain deal and accusations of creating a "food shortage" in the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime.

This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.

“In the village of Karaichnoe, Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian special service is mining a granary, after blowing it up, the Russian Federation will be accused of allegedly “deliberately destroying grain reserves in Ukraine”, “provoking famine” and “failing”, thus, the grain deal.

In the Western media, the incident will be presented as "another atrocity of the Russian troops", requiring a "tough response from the world community," the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine said in a statement.

It is indicated that a group of Ukrainian mine-explosive specialists and SBU officers, totaling up to 30 people, arrived in the city of Volchansk, Kharkiv region, to prepare a sabotage.

At the same time, the owner of the granary is a freelance employee of the SBU V. Uvarov.

Also known are the installation data and the location of the head of the group and its other members, according to the Ministry of Defense.

“Against the background of military failures of the Ukrainian army and on the eve of the meeting of NATO defense ministers in Ramstein (Germany) on January 20, the Kyiv authorities are trying to increase pressure on public opinion in Western countries with such loud provocations in order to achieve new large-scale deliveries of modern weapons and military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” stated at headquarters.

British aid to Kyiv

In the coming weeks, the UK plans to transfer 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, the press service of the British government said.

It is noted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak personally informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about this.

“By sending Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine, we are beginning to reach a new level of support provided by the United Kingdom,” the message says.

In the future, it is planned to supply the Kyiv regime with about 30 AS-90s - large self-propelled howitzers.

At the same time, the UK in the coming days will begin to train the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on how to use the transferred military equipment.

The Russian Embassy, ​​commenting on the intention of the British side, noted that such steps correspond to the line of the United Kingdom to drag out the confrontation and indicate the increasingly obvious involvement of London in the conflict.

“The direction of tanks will by no means bring the end of hostilities closer, but will contribute to their toughening, provoking more and more victims, including among the civilian population,” the message says.

In addition, on the eve it became known that the Russian Foreign Ministry “in connection with the continuation of the anti-Russian course by the British government” included in the updated version of the stop list British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley, Chief of the General Staff of the United Kingdom Patrick Sanders and 34 more members of the British Cabinet, representatives of security forces departments and journalists.

Shelling of Donbass

In the Donetsk People's Republic, as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three people were injured over the past day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.

In total, the territory of the DPR was shelled 11 times by the Ukrainian military, who fired 57 units of various ammunition.

Eight houses were damaged on the territory of the republic.

“In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made five attacks from 155 mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky, two shellings from artillery 155 and 152 mm.

There were four shellings from artillery of 155 and 152 mm on Gorlovsky, ”the message says.

At the same time, on the night of January 15, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired four 155 mm artillery shells at the Central City district of Gorlovka.

According to the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko, the glazing of the central entrance of the surgical building of the city hospital No. 2 was damaged.

Arrivals were also recorded in the boiler room and residential building.