According to Ukrinform, Ukraine's State Emergency Service (SES) said this in a Facebook post.
"Following a Russian strike, a hazardous chemical leaked from damaged containers at a critical infrastructure facility," the statement said.
Despite the difficult and dangerous conditions, specialists from the radiation, chemical and biological protection unit of the special-purpose emergency rescue team carried out a series of measures to seal the damaged containers and the leak sites.
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Thanks to the rescuers' swift and professional actions, the threat to personnel was eliminated, ensuring that further operations could be carried out safely.
This morning, enemy drones struck two enterprises and an infrastructure facility in the Poltava district.
Photo credit: Ukraine's State Emergency Service