Russia preparing fake reports on plotting terrorist acts in Donbas and Crimea to discredit Ukraine

"As the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine informs, Russia prepares yet another spread of false stories to discredit Ukraine in order to strengthen the anti-Ukrainian information campaign and justify the aggressive actions in the Azov-Black Sea region," Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Spokesman Oleksandr Motuzianyk said at a briefing.

He added that for this purpose the Russian side intended to accuse Ukraine of alleged plotting terrorist acts in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk, Luhansk regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

"We emphasize that these actions are yet another provocation of the Russian Federation against Ukraine," Motuzianyk noted.

Ukrainian intelligence supposes that Russia could perform acts of sabotage on facilities of its critical infrastructure.