The Zaporizhzhya State Administration announced the shelling of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant with “Western guided missiles”

Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was fired upon with Western-made guided missiles. This statement was made by Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration (CAA) of the region, on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.

“Please note that the shelling of nuclear power plants is carried out with guided projectiles produced by the same Anglo-Saxons. They are dangerous because they are controlled: they fly to where they were sent, ”Rogov emphasized (quote by RIA Novosti).

He said that one of the shells fell “10 meters from the nuclear fuel storage site.” Rogov noted that the CAA would soon provide evidence of the attack.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, its goals.

The parties have repeatedly accused each other of strikes on the territory of the station and damage to the infrastructure of the nuclear power plant. On August 5, the CAA of the region announced another attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the ZNPP. As a result, two power lines and water pipes were damaged. The Russian Defense Ministry called Ukraine’s actions “nuclear terrorism”. Attacks continued on 7 and 11 August. Yesterday, the Ukrainian military attacked the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant using MLRS and heavy artillery.

Earlier, the Russian Embassy in the United States called on the UN and the IAEA to pay attention to the actions of Kyiv and condemn them. The diplomats stressed that the shelling of the Ukrainian military threatens the nuclear security of all of Europe.

Also, UN Secretary General António Guterres called the attacks on the Zaporizhzhya NPP a “suicidal act” and called for an end to them. He also expressed hope that the IAEA would gain access to the station.

On August 11, at the request of Russia, a meeting of the UN Security Council was held in connection with the attacks of the Ukrainian military on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. According to Dmitry Polyansky, Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, at the meeting no one supported the Ukrainian version of what is happening around the station.

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