You can’t believe anything put out by the Kiev Nazis.
Huge explosion at Donetsk chemical plant, Kiev blames ‘dropped cigarette butt’ (VIDEO)
Windows were shattered and homes shaken in Donetsk after a huge blast rocked the vicinity of a city chemical plant, which was under rebel control. Kiev and the militants accuse each other of causing the blast.
The powerful explosion took place at 10:50pm local time on Sunday. Local militia reported that a military chemical plant DKZHI was the target of Kiev’s artillery shelling.
Witnesses saw the sky lit up by the explosion, some nearby living residents had their windows broken by the blast’s shockwave and many others felt the ground shake, RIA Novosti reported. Even those living in nearby towns said they felt the tremor.
“The epicenter of the blast was near DKZHI,” co-chairman of the anti-Kiev People’s Front Konstantin Dolgov said on his Facebook page. The factory is known for producing chemical products used for industrial explosives, ammunition and equipment artillery bombs. This is not the first time the plant has been the target of a Kiev attack. It was also hit with artillery rockets in September and November.
The militia forces would not immediately confirm if there were casualties, either among militiamen or civilians. But they said the fire, which started after the explosion, poses no threat of a chemical spill, which is a cause of great concern at the plant, as it handles toxic compounds in producing explosives.
“The fire has been contained. There is not threat of chemical spill… Most likely it was a high-caliber artillery shell,” a local news outlet cited a military source as saying.
The spokesman for Kiev’s Anti-Terrorist Operation said that rebels were at fault for the accident.
“This was caused by a dropped cigarette butt,” Andrey Lysenko told the media on Monday.
“Accidents often happen in factories where no one is responsible for fire safety. Well, it’s chaos, and they are barbarians.”
Not all pro-Kiev officials agreed.
Ukrainian military deployed multiple rocket system Smerch (the BM-30 Tornado) to shell the area in the city, Boris Filatov, former deputy head of the industrial Dnepropetrovsk Region and a member of the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada), said on his Facebook page.
According to Filatov, the men who fired the missiles “do not know what they hit because they were shooting based on coordinates.”
Earlier, Ukrainian far-right politician and paramilitary commander Dmitry Yarosh, who is involved in the Kiev military action in southeastern Ukraine, confirmed on his Facebook page that the explosion was caused by Ukrainian artillery.
Yarosh, who is wanted by Interpol on charges of inciting terrorism, was elected to the Rada in October 2014. He played a key role in the protests on Maidan (Kiev’s Independence Square), which led to the toppling of Viktor Yanukovich’s government earlier that year. Back in May, the Right Sector leader received less than 1 percent of the vote in Ukraine’s presidential election.
Meanwhile, the situation in southeastern Ukraine has been rapidly worsening since January 18, when Ukrainian troops have launched a massive assault on militia-held territories after an order from Kiev.
Shelling of the rebel-controlled towns has been witnessed on a daily basis, including the city of Donetsk, with both sides blaming each other for violence. Meanwhile, the indiscriminate shelling of residential areas by Kiev, at times with internationally-prohibited arms, has even been confirmed by the Ukrainian government’s strongest supporter – Washington.
John McCain, US Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, said Kiev used cluster bombs – claiming it’s because Ukrainian troops did not have better weapons delivered to them by the US.
READ MORE: US partly to blame for Ukraine’s use of cluster bombs – McCain
Reports from Donetsk coincided with the latest report from the German intelligence service, which estimates the real losses in the Ukrainian civil war at 50,000 dead (civilians and servicemen). This reported figure is nearly 10 times higher than the death toll named by the Kiev authorities.
READ MORE: 50,000 casualties in Ukraine? German intel calls Kiev’s 6k toll ‘not credible’
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian crisis became the center stage of discussions as the world leaders commenced for the Munich Security Conference.
READ MORE: Munich conference: Russia ‘hate fest’ or split between Western allies?
The latest breakthrough was announced on Sunday with plans for ‘Normandy Four’ format peace talks. The meeting may be held in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, as early as Wednesday, the German government said, following a phone call between Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French leader Francois Hollande.
READ MORE: Ukraine crisis: Putin, Poroshenko, Hollande, Merkel voice plans for Minsk meeting
How many jobs did that chemical plant support? Are there other chemical plants in eastern Ukraine that can supply the same chemicals … or, was that the only one?
Airports destroyed. Hospitals destroyed. Bridges destroyed. And on and one. Building by building, business by business, home by home …….. that’s how you destroy a country. Soon there won’t be anything left of eastern Ukraine.
Yet, the Nigger in Charge, Shitstain McCain, and all that ilk want to supply even more weapons to Nazi Ukies. It’s not enough to cause the cities to turn into rubble … the rubble itself must be turned to dust.
Earlier, Ukrainian far-right politician and paramilitary commander Dmitry Yarosh, who is involved in the Kiev military action in southeastern Ukraine, confirmed on his Facebook page that the explosion was caused by Ukrainian artillery.
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Surreal – we are truly living in the Truman Show.
Rather unfortunate one side has to win at this point.
A peaceful partition will result in those in charge being tried for war crimes.
From Zerohedge
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-02-09/obama-merkel-agree-no-prospect-military-solution-ukraine
“President Obama conceding to Merkel that the provision of arms to Ukraine was kinda sorta ‘off-the-table’ – ”
“President Obama even concluded, “we are not looking for Russia to fail. … Our preference is for a strong, vibrant, confident Russia.”
Looks like another win for Putin and another loss for Obama and the war profiteers.
Per Victor Poroshenko, as I best remember, the Chemical Plant bombing was a false flag attack by the Russians who have blamed others for the explosion. Proshenko recently showed passports of some of the many Rusiian soldiers who have poured into eastern Ukraine and the rest of the country to kill and terroize the peace loving Ukrainians. That should be proof enough of the billionaire Putin’s march to world conquest. As I’ve written, it’s time for the United States to send troops and munitions to thwart the Godless Russians. I’m eager to join the crusade but my friends tell me, “Ira, you’re too old, you’re wise and should be advising and not fighting, and you can better serve by putting your business acumen behind the war effort.” I think my friends are right. When it comes to bodies on the battlefield, it’s better for strong young men to help Uncle Sam again.