Alarm in Ukraine over Russian bombardment that hit a nitric acid tank in Severodonetsk | VIDEO

An attack by Russian forces on Tuesday hit a nitric acid tank at a chemical plant in Severodonetskin the east of Ukrainesaid the local governor on Tuesday, who asked the population to remain in shelters.

“An airstrike hit a tank with nitric acid at a chemical plant,” said the governor of the province of LuganskSergii Gaidai, on Telegram.

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“Don’t leave the shelters”, added, recalling that that compound “is dangerous if inhaled” and can cause lung injury or vision loss.

He also recommended that the inhabitants of the city “use protective masks.”

A fighter of the Armed Forces of #ukraine filmed a cloud of nitric acid, which was formed after the armed forces of the Russian Federation fired at a chemical plant in #Severodonetsk pic.twitter.com/G3vS1oJ1SW

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According to pro-Russian secessionist leaders, the tank “exploded” in an area controlled by Ukrainian forces.

“At the Azot chemical plant, a tank with chemicals blew up. In principle, it is nitric acid”, Rodion Mironchik, a leader of the self-proclaimed “republic” of Lugansk, said on Telegram.

Local Ukrainian authorities reported Tuesday that the Russian military controls “most” of Severodonetskthe last major city in the Lugansk region not under Moscow control.

Source: Elcomercio

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