Russian forces are shelling the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in order to blackmail Ukraine and the entire free world, announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Every day that Russian forces remain on the grounds of the plant increases the radiation threat to Europe to levels that did not exist even at the height of the Cold War confrontation, Zelensky added.
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"Ukrainian diplomats and representatives of the countries that are our partners will do everything to ensure that the new sanctions against Russia will necessarily block the Russian nuclear industry," Zelensky said in his traditional address to the Ukrainian people, published on the website of the state head.
Kyiv and Moscow again exchanged accusations of shelling of the Zaporizhia NPP
His statement came after Ukrainian military intelligence warned of Russian provocations and shelling on the territory of the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
A Russian representative blamed the Ukrainian army for the attacks.
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