According to Russian specialized bodies, Ukrainian units have mined a grain store in Kharkov to accuse Russia of deliberately ravaging Ukraine´s grain reserves and sabotaging the food pact.

Mine-laying specialists and up to 30 Ukrainian security service agents arrived in Kharkov to prepare the incitement, the Sputnik news agency reported.

According to the text, the planned action will be presented in Western media reports as “another act of savagery by Russian troops,” requiring a “tough response from the world community.”

Following Ukraine´s military failures and on the eve of the meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense ministers in Ramstein, Germany on January 20, Kyiv authorities are currently trying to put some more pressure on public opinion in Western nations.

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