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Ukraine reports ammonia leak caused by hostilities in Donbass

According to head of the Ukrainian military administration of the Donetsk Region Pavel Kirilenko, the damaged branch of the pipeline hadn’t been in use since 2014

KIEV, May 30. /TASS/. Head of the Ukrainian military administration of the Donetsk Region Pavel Kirilenko on Monday said an ammonia pipeline was damaged in the Kiev-controlled area of Donbass as a result of hostilities, which produced a slight leakage.

"The tightness of a branch of the Togliatti - Odessa ammonia pipeline has been breached in the Bakhmut District as a result of hostilities," he said on Telegram. "There are no reports yet about casualties of deaths."

He later added there was no danger for Bakhmut. "The leak is insignificant," the official said.

He said the damaged branch of the pipeline hadn’t been in use since 2014, and that ammonia was free flowing from the pipe. The 7.5 km stretch of the pipeline contains about 250 metric tons of ammonia, he said, citing data from an inspection by first responders.

"The radius of a potential damage from an ammonia cloud reaches about 4 km," Kirilenko said. He said the area may include the villages of Gladosovo, Dolomitnoye, Kodema, Semigorye, Dacha and Nikolayevka Vtoraya.

First responders are working on the scene, he said.