Aug. 8 () –
The Ukrainian and Russian authorities have appealed for the help of other governments to stop the escalation of attacks around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, for which both governments blame each other, fearing that the situation could trigger an atomic disaster. .
“There is no country in the world that can feel safe if a terrorist state bombs a nuclear plant,” said the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, who recalled that “if something irreparable happens,” the radiation will spread throughout Europe . Therefore, he has called for a response “now” from the international community.
The director of the Ukrainian firm Energoatom, Petro Kotin, also expressed his fear on Monday “that the situation will get out of control and be like in Fukushima or Chernobyl”, alluding to the two nuclear disasters in history, according to the agency. UNIAN news.
In this sense, he has warned that the Zaporizhia plant, the largest in Europe, remains connected to the electrical system by a single line, which is “dangerous” since, if it is definitively cut off from the system, the facilities would be exposed.
Moscow, for its part, blames kyiv for the escalation. The Kremlin spokesman, Dimitri Peskov, has summoned the countries “with absolute influence” over the Ukrainian authorities to intercede to end the attacks, according to the Sputnik agency.
The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has warned that an attack on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant would be something “suicidal”, for which he has urged the parties to cease the attacks.
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