Lavrov called Kyiv’s accusations about preparing a provocation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant “a lie of pure water”

Kyiv’s accusations against Russia about the allegedly impending provocation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are lies. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“The fact that they say that we will blow ourselves up while at a nuclear facility – is it necessary to comment on this? This is just a lie of pure water, ”he said (quote according to TASS).

Lavrov added that on June 29, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia again circulated an official document in which it expressed concern over provocations by Ukraine. The minister stressed that IAEA experts and the agency’s director general Rafael Grossi “know very well who is shelling” the Zaporizhzhya NPP.

Lavrov noted that now the shelling of the station “has become much less”, but “until recently” they were regular. According to the diplomat, “Ukrainians are playing dangerous games.” The Minister recalled that Kyiv “knows how to stage all sorts of tragedies”, including the situation in Bucha, “the strike of an allegedly Russian missile on the railway station in Kramatorsk”, etc.

Earlier, in an interview with NBC News, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky about an alleged provocation by the Russian Federation at the ZNPP. According to him, Russia allegedly wants to influence the international community in this way, which will require Kyiv to stop the conflict.

In the Kremlin called Zelensky’s words are lies. On June 23, during a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russian Permanent Representative Vasily Nebenzya called Kyiv’s statements about the ZNPP absurd. According to him, the IAEA mission led by its Director General Rafael Grossi was convinced of this during a recent visit to the station.