Ukraine recorded bombing attacks in the region this weekend. Zaporizhzia is the largest in Europe. Russian artillery fired on Ukrainian cities on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River from the nuclear power plant last night.
The new attacks add to the suffering of residents and the international community’s concerns about a radioactive disaster. Yesterday, Ukrainian State Nuclear Energy Agency, energy goatwarned of the risk of “radioactive material leakage” from the plant – an accident could cover Germany, Poland and Slovakia with radioactive material.
Regional Governor Oleksandr Starukh said on Telegram on Sunday that Russian forces attacked residences in the region’s main city, Zaporizhzhia, about a two-hour drive from the factory and in the eastern city of Orikhiv.
Saturday, staruk He told a Ukrainian television network that residents are instructed to use iodine in case of radiation leaks.
The Ukrainian army reported bombing nine more towns in the area across the river. dnipro From the facility, according to a daily report. The DEA agency said air force struck a facility in Russia, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense. production aircraft engines Engine sich In the area where helicopters are being repaired.
Reuters was unable to confirm these reports.
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The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) announced today that Ukraine has recorded a series of attacks at the plant site between Thursday (25) and Saturday (27).
“Information on the nature of the damage is lacking,” the agency said in a statement on Twitter.
According to the IAEA, the attacks hit the so-called private buildings of the plant, located about 100 meters from the reactor buildings. Some water pipes were also damaged, now repaired.
Ukraine also reported that “all security systems are operational and radioactivity is within normal limits”.
Russia and Ukraine share bombing accusations
Russia’s Defense Ministry said there were more bomb attacks in Ukraine. zaporizhzia in the last 24 hours. Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear company Energoatom said it had no new information about the attacks on the facility.
The nuclear complex, captured by Russian troops in March but still managed by Ukrainian authorities, has been the main focus of the six-month conflict.
The US State Department said on Sunday that Moscow did not want to recognize the serious radiological hazard at the Zaporizhzhia facility. The ministry said that Russia blocked the final version of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty because such a risk was mentioned in the document.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that nine shells fired by Ukrainian artillery in two separate attacks hit the floor of the nuclear power plant.
“Currently, full-time technical personnel monitor the technical condition of the nuclear power plant and ensure its operation. The radiation situation in the nuclear power plant area remains normal,” the statement said.
The United Nations and Kyiv have called for military equipment and personnel to be removed from the factory to ensure the site is not a target.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Russian forces were putting the entire continent at risk by turning the facility into a military base.
“The Russian army must leave the factory,” he wrote on Twitter.
The party’s head said on Thursday he was waiting for permission from the UN nuclear agency IAEA for employees to visit the facility, which should have been “very, very close”.
*With information from Reuters and ANSA
source: Noticias
