2023-06-22 22:56:00
23.06.2023 00:56
(Akt. 23.06.2023 00:56)
Nuclear power is in Russian hands ©APA/AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his allegations of terrorism against Moscow and called for the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. “The complete evacuation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is necessary,” he said in his daily video message on Thursday evening. The world must increase the pressure on Moscow to prevent a nuclear catastrophe.
Zelenskyi repeated the accusation that Moscow was planning an attack in the nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops, which it then cynically “hoped to hide under this or that catastrophe.” He informed representatives of the major Western industrialized nations (G7) and the industrialized and emerging countries (G20) as well as international organizations about the danger. Radioactivity knows no neutrality, he said to those countries that have not yet taken a position in the conflict.
Zelenskyy did not name concrete evidence for his accusations against Moscow. Instead, he referred to the destruction of the Kachowka Dam. After it was damaged, the Kakhovka reservoir ran out, and large parts of the southern Ukrainian region of Cherson were flooded. Kiev and the West hold Moscow responsible for this. Russia denies having blown up the dam.
Shortly after the start of the war against Ukraine ordered by Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, Russian troops quickly occupied large parts of southern Ukraine, including important infrastructure objects such as the Kakhovka dam and the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The situation around the nuclear power plant, which is close to the front and was partly under fire, has recently raised concerns about a nuclear catastrophe. An observer mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is on site. Kiev has already accused Moscow of laying mines in the facility.
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