“According to operational information, foreign objects similar to explosive devices were placed on the outer roof of the third and fourth power units of the Zaporizhzhya NPP today. Their detonation cannot damage the power units, but can create a picture of shelling from Ukraine. Russian media and Telegram channels are misinforming about this “, the message says.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not violate the norms of international humanitarian law, monitor and control the situation and are ready to act in any conditions, the strategic committee added.
“No provocation of the enemy will pass,” the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
Already after the statement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian propagandists began to disseminate information that on the night of July 5, Ukraine was allegedly going to attack the Zaporizhzhya NPP with “high-precision weapons and kamikaze drones”, as well as a “Tochka-U” missile with a warhead stuffed with radioactive waste. The statement of the adviser to the head of the concern “Rosenergoatom” Renat Karchaa, who represents the occupiers at the captured ZNPP, in particular, was distributed by the propaganda agency “RIA Novosti”.
During the war against Ukraine, Russia repeatedly organized “false flag” operations – it carried out provocations, including armed ones, and tried to put the blame on Ukraine.
Context:
Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar, Zaporozhye region, has been under the control of Russian invaders since March 2022.
On the morning of June 6, 2023, the operational command “South” reported that the Russians had blown up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. As a result of the explosion of the turbine hall from the inside, the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was completely destroyed, the station cannot be restored, the press service of Ukrhydroenergo said.
On June 6, Energoatom noted that the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station could have negative consequences for the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. As the company explained, water from the Kakhovka reservoir is necessary for the plant to receive recharge for turbine condensers and ZNPP safety systems.
On June 20, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, said that the invaders had mined a cooling pond at the ZNPP. At the same time, the IAEA did not see mines near the cooling pond.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 22 that the aggressor country of the Russian Federation is preparing a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant with a release of radiation.
Budanov told the British New Statesman in an interview on June 23 that the Russian occupiers had already prepared a plan to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under their control.
2023-07-04 16:48:07
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