The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up an ammonia pipeline near the village of Rusyn Yar in the Donetsk region.

"To slow down the advance of the Russian Armed Forces units... the Armed Forces of Ukraine mined a branch of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline," the statement posted on Telegram said. The ministry added that as a result,"residual ammonia products were released from the damaged section (of the pipeline)," but there were no casualties among the Russian forces. This was reported by Reuters, quoted by BTA. Ukraine has not commented on this information at the moment, Reuters reports, and makes the reservation that it cannot confirm it through independent sources.