Kyiv and Moscow exchanged charges again on Saturday for shooting at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, occupied by Russia and attacked several times during a week.
“Limit your presence on the streets of Energodar! We have received information about new provocations by the Russian occupiers,” Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom said on Telegram, republishing a message from a local leader in Energodar, a city where finds the plant, which remained loyal. to Kyiv
“According to the testimonies of the inhabitants, the shelling is again underway in the direction of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia (…) The interval between the departure and arrival of the shots is 3-5 seconds,” adds the message. .
No casualties or damage
For their part, the occupation authorities installed by Russia in the areas it occupies in the Zaporizhia region, unsurprisingly, accused the Ukrainian forces of being behind the shooting.
“Energodar and the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant are again under fire from (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky’s militants,” a member of the pro-Russian military and civilian administration, Vladimir Rogov, said on Telegram.
The shells fell “in areas located on the banks of the Dnieper and in the central one,” he said, without reporting casualties or damage.
The Dnieper River (Dnipro in Ukrainian) separates the areas in Russian hands from those controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine denounces “Russian nuclear blackmail”
Several mutually blamed bomb attacks by the two sides have targeted the Zaporijjia power plant since last week, raising fears of a nuclear disaster and prompting a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday.
The first impacts, on August 5, had a notable impact on a high-voltage line transformer, causing the automatic shutdown of reactor No. 3 of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe and the start-up of its emergency generators.
The latest attacks on Thursday damaged a pumping station and sensors to measure radioactivity.
The Ukrainian authorities, supported by their Western allies, are calling for the demilitarization of the area and the withdrawal of the Russian troops who have been occupying the area since March, denouncing Volodymyr Zelensky as “Russian nuclear blackmail”.
Source: BFM TV
