A RUSSIAN cruise missile was yards from causing an environmental disaster when it hit a Ukrainian chemical plant. A 2,200mph Kalibr rocket struck the ammonia store in a new false flag outrage. Doug SeeburgA Russian cruise missile was yards from causing an environmental disaster when it hit a Ukrainian chemical plant in Odessa[/caption] It exploded in a fireball and gouged a 10ft deep, 40ft wide crater just 100 yards from storage tanks at the sprawling fertiliser manufacturing plant. About 120,000 tons of the toxic and explosive compressed liquid was stored at the facility in the southern port of Odessa. A military source in Odessa told The Sun: “If the ammonia had gone up the results would have been catastrophic — the whole of the city could have been engulfed in a toxic cloud. “It was the fourth time they have attempted this — at a time when the wind would have blown the chemical fallout towards Odessa city Read More on Ukraine War PUTIN IT ON Putin has 'something SERIOUSLY wrong' as mad despot 'more paranoid than ever' DEATH TRAIN Dead Russian troops piling up in refrigerated trains as Putin set to lose 30k “If the disaster they planned happened, they’d inevitably have accused Ukrainian forces of sabotaging their own facility.” The attack at 5pm on Friday came after Russian propagandists began spreading stories in late April that a Ukrainian “provocation” was being prepared at the Port plant. Workers reported a strong smell of ammonia in the air soon after the blast but contained serious damage. Tension rose across the southern coast yesterday as Russian forces prepared to push further along after capturing Mariupol. Most read in World News PUTIN IT ON Putin has 'something SERIOUSLY wrong' as mad despot 'more paranoid than ever' 'B******T' I'm no homewrecker, it's Lorna's fault we are together, says Ukrainian refugee ZOO ATTACK Horror moment zoo keeper has FINGER torn off by lion after sticking hand in cage KA-CHING! I'm a mum & quit my job - now I make £60k a month oiling myself up in my kitchen 'MY SON, MY SON' I fell to my knees screaming when I found son beheaded by Russian rockets 'NOT MY TIME' I survived as 98 died in plane crash - a last-minute decision saved my life Fighting was heaviest in eastern Donbas with invaders trying to trap the Ukrainians between Sievierodonetsk and Kramatorsk. Defenders claimed to have repelled the first wave. News Group Newspapers LtdA 2,200mph Kalibr rocket struck the ammonia store in a new false flag outrage[/caption] News Group Newspapers LtdThe rocket exploded in a fireball and gouged a 10ft deep, 40ft wide crater just 100 yards from storage tanks[/caption] News Group Newspapers LtdA military source said: ‘If the ammonia had gone up the results would have been catastrophic — the whole of the city could have been engulfed in a toxic cloud’[/caption]