The Russian company says that an incident would allow “legalizing the participation of NATO” in the war in Ukraine
July 3 () –
The company Rosenergoatom, belonging to the group of companies of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, denounced on Monday that Western countries allied with Ukraine seek to justify direct intervention in the war through an incident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.
“The counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stalled. The Western owners of Ukraine understand that the ruling regime is not trying to solve the situation. For them, Kiev’s defeat in this conflict is their defeat,” Renat Karchaa said. , adviser to the CEO of Rosenergoatom.
Thus, he has stated that “the West has raised the stake from the beginning and the point of no return in this regard has been passed”, before warning that “aggressive Western politicians are willing to do anything”, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.
Karchaa has affirmed that a nuclear incident in Zaporizhia would mean “a door” to the “legalization of NATO’s participation in the conflict”, while stressing that Kiev is accusing Russia of preparing an attack against the plant for this reason. in order to cause an emission of radiation in the area.
“This would be classified as a threat to the European and world community. In my opinion, we are on the verge of much more serious events than what may appear at first sight,” explained Karchaa, who asserted that “before, lies were spread to denigrate Russia (…), but now they are planned for totally different objectives”.
“They are preparing the international community to point to a culprit even before something happens,” he said. “This is not a provocation, because a provocation is something that imitates a threat, although it often ends with sad consequences. This time it does not imitate a threat, it seeks to create it,” he explained.
Finally, Karchaa has pointed to an increase in the operations of the Ukrainian Army in the area. “We see a concentration of military forces in the section of the contact line near Energodar and the adjacent territories. I can assure you that the number of forces in the area has increased a lot during the last month or month and a half,” he added.
Zelensky said on June 22 that Ukrainian intelligence services “have received information that Russia is considering the scenario of a terrorist act at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.” “A terrorist act with the release of radiation”, he specified, after which he demanded that the Russian forces abandon the facilities, amid the rejection from the Kremlin of Kiev’s accusations.
For his part, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed on Friday that kyiv’s claims are “pure lies.” “Is it necessary to comment on the fact that they say that we are going to blow up inside a nuclear power plant?” he wondered, before assessing that these statements “fit the style of actions of the current Ukrainian leadership, which gives to any nonsense the most urgent role for each day and demands that the West support these crazy initiatives”.
The Zaporizhia plant has six reactors commissioned between 1984 and 1995. It has been controlled by Russian forces since March of last year, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, and has been the scene of constant offensives and a coveted piece both by Kiev like Moscow.
