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A spokesman Kremlin Dmitry Peskov told reporters, today, Monday, that the bombing of the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant "From before Ukrainian Armed Forces…may be extremely dangerous".
. added Peskov: "It could have catastrophic consequences for a large area, including the European lands"according to AFP.
On the other hand, it announced Russian Ministry of Defense That the Ukrainian President’s regime Volodymyr Zelensky "He committed a new act under the category of nuclear terrorism in the infrastructure facilities of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia"according to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
The agency quoted a statement issued by the ministry, that: "At approximately 12:40, Ukrainian units of the 44th Artillery Brigade, from the area of (Marganets) village, on the opposite bank of Lake Kakhovka, shelled nuclear power station in Zaporizhia".
The statement added that as a result of the Ukrainian bombing, the Kakhovskaya high-voltage line, which provided electricity to the Zaporizhia and Zaporizhia regions, was damaged.Khersonindicating a surge in electric current in Zaporizhia nuclear power plantcausing smoke to be emitted from the station’s open switchgear, as the protection system was operating, which turned off the power supply.
The statement continued: "The fire brigade that arrived immediately succeeded in eliminating the smoke, and to prevent disruption of the technical staff to operate the nuclear power plant, the power of the fifth and sixth units was reduced to 500 megawatts."according to RIA Novosti.
This comes as the Secretary-General of the United Nations condemned Antonio GuterresToday, Monday, the latest attack on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Guterres told the National Press Club of Japan in Tokyo that "Any attack on a nuclear plant is suicidal and I hope those attacks will end"according to the Associated Press.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was bombed on Saturday evening and each side accused the other of the attack.
While the company claimed "Energo Atom" Operator of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant N "Russian bombing" 3 radiation monitoring devices were destroyed around the spent nuclear fuel storage facility and one of the workers was injured, Russian news agencies said, citing the station’s management, which is run by separatists, that Ukrainian forces fired those projectiles.
The International Atomic Energy Agency recently warned that the way the plant is run and the fighting around it poses serious health and environmental threats.
It was Secretary-General of the United Nations On Saturday, he attended an event marking the 77th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
During Monday’s press conference, he reiterated his warning against using nuclear weapons.
Guterres said "I think that if nuclear weapons were used, the United Nations might not be able to respond afterwards. We may not all be here anymore".
It is noteworthy that Russian forces had taken control of the Zaporizhia nuclear reactor complex in southeastern Ukraine in early March, shortly after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukrainebut still Ukrainian technicians run it.
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A spokesman Kremlin Dmitry Peskov told reporters today, Monday, that the bombing of the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant “by Ukrainian Armed Forces…could be extremely dangerous.”
. added Peskov: “It may have catastrophic consequences for a large area, including the European territory,” according to AFP.
On the other hand, it announced Russian Ministry of Defense That the Ukrainian President’s regime Volodymyr Zelensky “Committed a new act under the category of nuclear terrorism in the infrastructure facilities of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia”, according to the Russian RIA Novosti news agency.
The agency quoted a statement issued by the ministry, “At approximately 12:40, the Ukrainian units of the 44th Artillery Brigade, from the Marganets village area, on the opposite bank of Lake Kakhovka, bombed nuclear power station in Zaporizhia”.
The statement added that as a result of the Ukrainian bombing, the Kakhovskaya high-voltage line, which provided electricity to the Zaporizhia and Zaporizhia regions, was damaged.Khersonindicating a surge in electric current in Zaporizhia nuclear power plantcausing smoke to be emitted from the station’s open switchgear, as the protection system was operating, which turned off the power supply.
The statement continued: “The fire brigade that arrived immediately succeeded in eliminating the smoke, and to prevent disruption of the technical staff to operate the nuclear power plant, the capacity of the fifth and sixth units was reduced to 500 megawatts,” according to RIA Novosti.
This comes as the Secretary-General of the United Nations condemned Antonio GuterresToday, Monday, the latest attack on a nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
“Any attack on a nuclear plant is suicidal and I hope those attacks will end,” Guterres told Japan’s National Press Club in Tokyo, according to the Associated Press.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was bombed on Saturday evening and each side accused the other of the attack.
While the company “Energoatom”, the operator of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, claimed that “Russian bombing” destroyed 3 radiation monitoring devices around the spent nuclear fuel storage facility and that one of the workers was injured, Russian news agencies said, quoting the station’s management, which is run by separatists, that the Ukrainian forces Those shells were fired.
The International Atomic Energy Agency recently warned that the way the plant is run and the fighting around it poses serious health and environmental threats.
It was Secretary-General of the United Nations On Saturday, he attended an event marking the 77th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
During Monday’s press conference, he reiterated his warning against using nuclear weapons.
“I think if nuclear weapons were used, there might not be a United Nations that would be able to respond afterwards,” Guterres said. “We may not all be here afterwards.”
It is noteworthy that Russian forces had taken control of the Zaporizhia nuclear reactor complex in southeastern Ukraine in early March, shortly after the start of the Russian military operation in Ukrainebut still Ukrainian technicians run it.