Ukraine’s claim about Russia’s ieion to attack nuclear facilities
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine claimed that Russia has planned attacks on its coury’s nuclear facilities before wier.
According to RCO News Agency, “Andrey Sibiha”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, published a tweet this Saturday (September 31) claiming that Russia is planning to attack Ukraine’s nuclear facilities before the arrival of the wier climate. He requests the Iernational Atomic Energy Agency and Kyiv’s allies to deploy permane monitoring teams in Ukraine’s nuclear power plas.
Sibiha wrote in the text of his message that he published on the X social network: “According to the estimate of the Ukrainian Ielligence Organization, the Kremlin is preparing for attacks on the sensitive targets of the nuclear energy of Ukraine on the eve of wier.” “In particular, these attacks involve open distribution systems at nuclear power plas and transmission substations that are critical to the safe operation of nuclear power.”
He did not elaborate further on this claim.
At the same time, Andriy Yermak, the head of the office of the Preside of Ukraine, also claimed the threat of a Russian attack on a Ukrainian nuclear facility and called for a quick global response to this threat.
It was at the end of August that the Russian media and authorities announced the plan of the Ukrainians to attack the Kursk and Zaporizhia nuclear power plas and subsequely accuse Russia of carrying out these provocations.
Shortly after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian forces took over the security of the Zaporizhia nuclear facility, the largest nuclear power pla in Europe. Moscow has since tried to preve damage to the pla that could lead to a nuclear disaster, but Ukrainian forces have coinued to launch highly provocative attacks against the facility.
On August 26, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia asked iernational organizations, especially the United Nations and the Iernational Atomic Energy Agency, to condemn Ukraine’s preparations for nuclear activities against Russian nuclear power plas. “Maria Zakharova”, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this coury, said in a stateme about this: “Received information shows that the Kiev regime is preparing for an attack against the nuclear power pla in the Kursk region.” We call on the iernational organizations, especially the United Nations and the Iernational Atomic Energy Agency, to immediately condemn these provocative actions being carried out by Kyiv and preve the disruption of the safety of the Kursk nuclear power pla, which may lead to a humanitarian disaster on a scale be widespread in Europe.”
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