Five hours before the Kakhovka dam was bombed, the critical Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline - infrastructure key for in fertilizer production for undeveloped countries - was bombed. Moscow has accused the Kiev regime of the bombing. “At about 9:00 p.m. Moscow time on June 5, a Ukrainian subversive and reconnaissance group blew up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline near the settlement of Masyutovka in the Kharkov Region. Civilians were injured as a result of this terrorist act,” the Defense Ministry spokesman, Igor Konashenkov, announced yesterday. “Currently, the ammonia remnants are being drained through the damaged pipeline sections from Ukrainian territory. There are no casualties among Russian army personnel.”
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described the tragic consequences of the reckless action: “The Kiev regime has not only eliminated the physical possibility of supplying ammonia to the world markets, but has also dealt a blow to the overall efforts to combat the threat of famine and provide assistance to needy countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as well as to the personal efforts of UN Secretary-General [Antonio] Guterres, who came up with a separate initiative on the ammonia pipeline and, in general, proposed the Istanbul package, the humanitarian significance of which is being invalidated before our eyes,” she said.
