Allegedly, the plan is to detonate the vaults of ammonia deposits at the OPZ plant near Odessa, as well as the infrastructure of a gas transhipment ship and present them as the effect of Russian missiles, the military unit told the Sputnik agency this Sunday.
This provocation is planned and carried out under the control of representatives of British intelligence in Odessa.
Also involved are employees of the private Canadian military company GardaWorld, which has been hired by Ukraine’s seaport administration to guard infrastructure in Odessa province, the source said.
The destruction of the ammonia deposits in Odessa, he warned, would further increase prices on the international market.
This will allow UK and US suppliers, who supply ammonia to the European Union and developing countries, to increase production and export volumes and margins under high price conditions, it said.
The Tolyatti-Odessa pipeline, built in the late 1970s, transported up to 2.5 million tons per year, but has been out of service since Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine on February 24.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin last November recalled that the agreements signed in Istanbul, known as the “Black Sea Grains Initiative,” provide for free access of Russian fertilizers, including necessary raw materials like ammonia, to world markets.
According to this diplomat, the Togliatti-Odessa pipeline is in good condition and could technically be restarted as a purely commercial project without any preconditions.
Its annual capacity would enable the production of around 12 million tons of fertilizer and feed around 100 million people.
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