Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has once more urged Russia to withdraw its soldiers from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. He once once more warned of the consequences of a possible nuclear catastrophe. “Any radioactive incident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant might also become a blow to the states of the European Union and Turkey and Georgia and the states of more distant regions,” said the head of state in a video message distributed in Kyiv on Monday evening. “Everything depends only on the direction and strength of the wind,” said Zelenskyy.
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, occupied by Russia, has been under fire for days. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for this. Zelenskyy said that Russia had to withdraw from the power plant without conditions. At the same time, he reiterated his demands from the weekend for sanctions once morest the Russian nuclear company Rosatom and the entire nuclear industry of the “terrorist state”.
The international community must act, he stressed. “If the world doesn’t have the strength and determination now to protect a nuclear facility, it means the world will lose,” Zelensky said. It is regarding protection once morest radioactive contamination. According to the crew representatives, no increased radiation levels have been measured so far.
Ukraine accuses Russia of launching “nuclear terrorism”. Crew representative Vladimir Rogov said Ukrainian “terrorists” fired the shots. He had also proposed a cease-fire. However, Russia refuses to hand over the nuclear power plant. According to its own statements, Kyiv has already attacked the power plant site with combat drones.
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Ukraine has accused Russian troops of using the nuclear power plant as a fortress to fire on the small towns of Nikopol and Marhanets across the Dnipro Dam. Russia, on the other hand, claims that Ukraine is shelling the facility with drones, heavy artillery and rocket launchers. In most cases, the Russian air force intercepts the projectiles, it said. Nevertheless, infrastructure has already been hit in the area of the nuclear waste storage facility there. According to experts, increased radioactivity has not yet been registered.
