Russia's defence ministry claimed that Kyiv is preparing to blow up buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and accuse Moscow of carrying out war crimes in a false flag operation.
The allegations were outlined in a post shared on the ministry’s social media on Sunday, highlighting that the attacks would be used by Kyiv to push for Western governments to increase weapons supplies to the country.
The defence ministry said Kyiv planned to detonate three medical buildings - dispensaries and a hospital - and "accuse Russia of an allegedly 'deliberate attack' on civilian objects."
"The bombing of the medical institutions will be presented as another 'atrocity' of Russian troops, requiring a response from the world community and accelerating the supply of long-range missiles to Kyiv (to be used) for strikes on Russian territory," it added.
Moscow has been denying targeting civilians throughout what its "special military operation" in Ukraine.
Kyiv and the West indicated that hundreds of civilians have been killed in Russian missile strikes on residential sites across Ukraine since Moscow's forces invaded last February.
There was no immediate response from Kyiv to the claims.
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