The West condemned the “reckless attack” by Russian forces on the nuclear power plant. nuclear Ukrainian woman from Zaporizhia at the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council this Friday, an accusation that was branded as “lies” by Russia. Russian troops occupied this Friday the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe, following an attack that caused a fire without consequences in radioactivity levels, but that paralyzed the world in fear of a new atomic catastrophe.
Firefighters extinguished the fire that broke out in a building and a laboratory, according to the Kiev authorities, following hours of alarm in which the ghost of a new nuclear catastrophe like that of Chernobyl in 1986 in Ukraine itself, when this country was part of the Soviet Union.
Crossing at the UN
For the American ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfieldit was an “incredibly reckless” attack once morest the largest plant in Ukraine and Europe that put the whole of Europe at risk and called for nuclear facilities “not to become part of this conflict.”
The Ukrainian ambassador to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsyaassured that “we have survived a night that might have ended the history of Ukraine and Europe“, repeating the words of its president Volodymyr Zelenskyfollowing assuring that Russian projectiles hit the plant nuclear from Zaporizhia, regarding 150 kilometers north of the Crimean peninsula.
“Thank God, the world narrowly avoided a nuclear catastrophe last night,” exclaimed Thomas-Greenfield, who recommended “keeping a cool head,” following call on Russia to cease all use of force that might endanger the 15 operating reactors in Ukraine or prevent local authorities from ensuring the safety of both their 37 plants as well as neighboring towns.
“It is the first time that an operating nuclear power plant has been attackedwhich is once morest international law”, warned the British ambassador Barbara Woodward to the press at the end of the meeting, convener of the meeting to analyze said attack that alters the course of the conflict that began on February 24 with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Lies”
However, for the Russian ambassadorVassily Nebenziathe accusation “is part of a campaign of lies” once morest Russia, and blamed the fire and creating “artificial hysteria” on the Ukrainian authorities. According to Nebenzia, “all the plant’s facilities have been under the control of Russian forces” since February 28 and “security is guaranteed and functions normally.” Like the Chernobyl power plant, she said, which was confirmed by his Ukrainian counterpart.
China, which abstained in the Security Council resolution vote last Friday and in the General Assembly vote on Wednesday, called on the international community to “keep a cool head and rationality,” the Chinese ambassador said. Zhang Jun. “Put no more oil on the fire” he said and asked that dialogue be privileged to put an end to a conflict that has already generated more than 1.2 million refugees in neighboring countries and millions of others have become internally displaced, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
fire off
Hours before the UN council meeting, Russian authorities had indicated that the nuclear power plant was operating “normally” and that the fire had been provoked by Ukraine as part of a strategy to hold Russia responsible for possible damage. “The personnel of the Zaporizhia NPP continue to work normally, maintain the facilities of the plant and monitor the radioactive situation. The radioactive background in the area of the plant is normal”, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said this followingnoon, according to the Russian news agency Sputnik.
The spokesman denounced that it was Ukraine that caused a fire last night in the area of the plant. “On Thursday night, in the territory adjacent to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the Kiev regime attempted to carry out a monstrous provocation,” assured. Konashenkov recalled that on February 28 the Russian military took control of the city of Energodar, the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and the adjacent area, and that the Ukrainian troops left the region before the arrival of the Russian soldiers.
the other bell
The Ukrainian version, on the other hand, notes that Russian shells that hit the facilities of the nuclear plant, located regarding 150 kilometers north of the Crimean peninsula, they unleashed the fire in a building and a laboratory and the rescue services were able to extinguish the flames, according to the Kiev authorities.
The Russian actions provoked a level of “unprecedented terror” Zelensky said. “We have survived a night that might end history. The history of Ukraine. The history of Europe,” declared the Ukrainian president, referring to the attack on the nuclear power plant. Of the six blocks in Zaporizhia, the first has been put out of service, numbers 2, 3, 5 and 6 are in the process of being cooled down and number 4 is operational, he said.
An explosion in Zaporizhia would have been equivalent to “six Chernobyls”Zelenski underlined, referring to the catastrophe that occurred in 1986 in that power plant that is located in Ukraine itself, but when this country was part of the Soviet Union.
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