Russian cruise missile hits Ukrainian chemical plant just yards away from striking fertiliser tanks

Russian cruise missile that hit Ukrainian chemical plant was just yards away from striking fertiliser plant which would have ‘engulfed Odessa completely in toxic cloud’

• A Russian missile landed into a chemical plant in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday 
• It hit just yards away from storage tanks with 120,000 tonnes of explosive liquid
• Had the tanks been hit, the entire city could have been engulfed in a toxic cloud 
• On impact, the missile burst into a fireball and left a 10ft deep, 40ft wide crater

By Stewart Carr For Mailonline

Published: 20:57 EDT, 22 May 2022 | Updated: 21:02 EDT, 22 May 2022