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Ammonia pipeline “Togliatti - Odesa” was damaged due to the fighting. There is no ammonia threat for Bakhmut - Kyrylenko

The radius of possible damage by the ammonia cloud is about 4 km. The affected area - Kodema, Gladosove, Semyhirya, Dacha, Mykolayivka Druha and Dolomitne.

Ammonia pipeline “Togliatti - Odesa” was damaged due to the fighting. There is no ammonia threat for Bakhmut - Kyrylenko
Photo: Donetsk RMA

There is no ammonia threat to Bakhmut due to damage to the tightness of the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline.

This was announced by the head of the Donetsk RMA Pavlo Kyrylenko.

“Rescuers conducted an inspection - there are approximately 250 tons of ammonia on the 7.5 km section of the pipeline. The leak is insignificant. The radius of possible damage by the ammonia cloud is about 4 km.” - Kyrylenko told.

He added, that 45 specialists and 9 tankers were involved in eliminating the consequences of the accident.

Earlier, Kyrylenko said that due to hostilities, a branch of the ammonia pipeline “Togliatti - Odesa” was damaged. It has not been used since 2014.

Despite the fact that the latches on the branch are closed, the substance began to flow.

The head of the Donetsk region added, that “a cloud of ammonia is moving over the ground from the village of Travneve towards Bakhmut.”

Also, today in the Ministry of Defense reported that the fiercest fights take place in the Severodonetsk, Bakhmut and Kurakhiv directions.

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