Russia demands that Ukraine cease the “provocations” at the Zaporizhia plant due to the risk of a nuclear accident

July 25 () –

The Russian authorities have demanded that Ukraine cease the “provocations” at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, warning of the risk of a “nuclear accident” whose consequences would affect “not only Ukraine.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement addressed to the Ukrainian government and its president, Volodimir Zelenski, in which it urges kyiv to cease its operations in Zaporizhia and asks the international community to be “attentive to this issue”.

In the document, signed by the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajarova, Moscow has insisted that kyiv is “stirring up” the “tense situation” in the facilities, which has caused “growing concern”, according to Interfax .

“We have repeatedly emphasized that Russia behaves extremely responsibly in relation to Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, doing everything in its power to ensure not only the appropriate level of its nuclear security and nuclear physical, but also the maximum possible transparency. in this matter,” Zajarova stressed.

Likewise, the diplomatic portfolio has directly pointed to the United Nations for its “destructive position” by refusing to facilitate a mission organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) aimed at guaranteeing security conditions at the site.

“Unfortunately, the visit did not take place due to the destructive position of the Secretary General of the United Nations, which, under preposterous pretexts of insufficient security and inappropriateness of this event, refused to support the initiative of the IAEA Secretariat,” he said. moved the Kremlin.

At this point, Russia has denounced that since the aforementioned operation was suspended, Ukraine has “multiplied” the number of “armed provocations” directed against the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, directly mentioning Ukrainian operations by means of drones.

In fact, Ukraine confirmed at the end of the week the success of a drone operation against the nuclear plant, which resulted in the destruction of Russian facilities and the death of several Russian soldiers.

At the beginning of March, the Russian Army seized the facilities of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, one of the largest in Europe, and which in the early stages of the war was already the scene of intense clashes.