The Russian invaders have planned to fire at Ukrainian Orthodox temples during the Easter celebration.
"The Russian military are likely to commit provocations on Easter in the attempt to blame the Armed Forces of Ukraine," warns the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, on the air of the national telethon on April 18.
Potential attacks were also anticipated on the Telegram channel of Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Interior Minister.
"The propagandist media outlet RIA published a warning that allegedly the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to commit terrible provocations" and then blame the Russian Federation for this. Everything that is being stated in Russia should be perceived as a threat. It is obvious that in this way, Russia is preparing an "alibi" for itself," he wrote.
The British intelligence has recorded that the shelling of populated areas of Mariupol by Russian troops is consistent with the approach of the Russian Federation to Chechnya in 1999 during the Second Chechen war and Syria in 2016.
Invaders accused the "Ukrainian nationalists" in advance of the shelling of temples.
The Russian Defense Ministry has come up with a fake story that "Ukrainian nationalists" are allegedly preparing to fire at churches in several regions of Ukraine. This is alleged by the Kremlin media RIA Novosti.