Both the Russian occupation authorities in the Zaporizhzhia region and the Ukrainian mayor of Energodar announced that explosions were heard again on Monday evening around the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, which is currently occupied by the Russians, dpa and Agerpres report. The world will lose from terrorism and succumb to nuclear blackmail if it does not take measures to prevent an accident, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, Reuters reports.
The representative of the Russian occupation authorities in the area, Volodymyr Rogov, reported on Telegram on Monday evening that the areas near the nuclear power plant in the city of Energodar were shelled 25 times with heavy artillery.
According to Dmytro Orlov, the Ukrainian mayor who fled Energodar after Russian troops occupied the area at the start of the war, he said explosions were heard in the town.
Ukraine accuses Russia of causing “nuclear terror” with its bombings and says Russian forces are using the plant as a shield from which to fire on the towns of Nikopol and Marganets on the opposite bank of the Dnieper Reservoir because they know Ukrainian forces will be reluctant. fire at them. the direction of the sensitive area.
Rogov, for his part, said that Ukrainian “terrorists” fired. Russia claims that Ukraine bombards the plant with drones, heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers, and in most cases Russian air defense intercepts the projectiles.
Previously, the station’s infrastructure was damaged, including the area around the nuclear waste storage facility. Nuclear specialists are closely monitoring the situation and say that there has been no increase in radioactivity so far.
“The world loses from terrorism”
The world will lose to terrorism and succumb to nuclear blackmail if measures are not taken to prevent an accident at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Monday, Reuters reports.
“If the world does not show strength and determination to protect the nuclear power plant now, it will mean that the world has lost,” Zelenskyy said in an address to the nation.
“It will lose to terrorism. And it will succumb to nuclear blackmail,” the Kyiv leader added.
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