"The explosion in Kharkiv region does not pose a threat to the local population. According to operative information, this afternoon a Russian shell hit a warehouse in the Kharkiv region, where, according to preliminary information, ammonium nitrate was stored.

Residents of northern Donetsk saw a large column of smoke, which could scare, but there is no reason to panic. Ammonium nitrate is not a dangerous chemical, and its highest concentration after the explosion - in a cloud reaching 200-500 meters from the epicenter.

This explosion does not pose a threat to the population. Settlements of Donetsk region do not fall into the zone of cloud distribution "

- Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration,reports