The Russian Federation has "announced" a chemical attack on the Odesa region, and probably plans to blame it on the Ukrainian military.

This is reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. 

Thus, the Ministry of Defense states that Ukraine is allegedly preparing provocations to accuse the Russian Armed Forces of using chemical weapons against civilians.

The ministry says that for this purpose, SBU officers came to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health sanatorium "Primorsky" (Kurortnoye, Odesa region) on June 18. They allegedly "worked with the management of the institution on the reception, accommodation and provision of medical care to the victims of chemical (poisoning) substances".

The ministry also "warns" the West, the UN, the Red Cross and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that reports of such "provocations" will be widely circulated in the Western media and on various Internet resources.

As previously reported, the Russian Defense Ministry also "announced" strikes on the Krivoy Rog thermal power plant. On June 28, the occupants launched an artillery shelling of the thermal power plant and adjacent settlements.

In April, Russia had already threatened to use chemical weapons in Odesa, blaming Ukrainian special services in advance.