Moscow and kyiv confirm that radiation levels at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant are normal

28 (EUROPE PRESS)

Both the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Ukrainian state energy operator, Energoatom, have confirmed this Sunday the total normality in the radiation levels of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant, the scene of fighting for weeks in the framework of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“Currently, technical personnel supervise the technical state of the nuclear power plant full-time and ensure its operation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement collected by the TASS agency. “The radiation situation in the nuclear power plant area,” he added, “remains normal.”

However, Moscow has denounced new Ukrainian attacks against the facilities, specifically two artillery shells that have hit near reactor number 6 and a pumping station for cooling the plant, respectively.

Shortly after, the Russian administration in the city of Energodar, near the plant, reported the shooting down of an unmanned aircraft loaded with explosives launched by Ukraine against the facilities.

“The target was a spent nuclear fuel storage facility, as evidenced by the flight path,” according to a statement also collected by TASS. “There is no record of deaths or injuries,” he adds.

Ukraine has not responded to these latest accusations and has limited itself to denouncing new Russian attacks in the vicinity of the plant, as reported by local authorities in a statement collected by the Ukrainian portal Golos.

“In the early hours of August 28, 2022, the Russian Army attacked the city of Zaporizhia with a Kh-22 missile, hitting a housing community,” they say, without giving information on victims.

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