The Russian defence ministry said a number of soldiers were taken to a military hospital after showing signs of “severe poisoning”.
Ukraine's defence ministry has hit back with claims the Russian soldiers may have fallen ill from eating expired canned meat.
Stream more world news live & on demand with Flash, Australia's biggest news streaming service. New to Flash? Try 1 month free now "On the fact of chemical terrorism sanctioned by the Zelensky regime, Russia is preparing supporting evidence with the results of all the analyses," it said in a statement.
Ukraine has not directly responded to Russia's accusation of poisoning, however, interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko addressed the claims in a post uploaded to Telegram.
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