Russian forces are mining the workshops of a chemical plant, Kyiv's military intelligence agency said.
"In the temporarily occupied Armyansk in the north of the Crimean peninsula, the Russians are preparing for the evacuation of both representatives of the occupation administration and the local population," it said.last week, and the subsequent lack of water in the North Crimean Canal, manufacturing processes at the Crimean Titan plant in Armyansk"have been disrupted to a critical level.
Young masked supporters attend a rally in support of keeping Crimea a part of Ukraine on March 11, 2014, in Simferopol, Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed Crimea in 2014.Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the damage to the critical Soviet-era dam in southern Ukraine on the Dnieper River.
"The Russians consider it impossible to resume operations at a minimally acceptable level. There are reports circulating within the temporarily occupied territory of Armyansk about the potential shutdown of the Crimean Titan facility," the GUR said. "Simultaneously, over the past few days, the engineering units of the occupying army have been placing mines within the workshops of the operational enterprise while also planting explosives in both the factory and the surrounding area."
The intelligence agency added:"The terrorist attack on the Crimean Titan enterprise, for which the Russian invaders are preparing, will mean an artificial man-made catastrophe, terrible in its consequences."
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