New pass of arms. kyiv and Moscow again exchanged, on Saturday August 13, accusations of shooting at the nuclear power plant in the Zaporijjia oblast, the largest in Europe, occupied by Russia and targeted several times for a week.
“Limit your presence in the streets of Energodar! We have received reports of new provocations from the occupiers” Russians, the Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom said on Telegram, republishing the message of a local leader of Energodar – the city in which the plant is located – who remained loyal to kyiv. “According to the testimonies of the inhabitants, shelling is again in progress in the direction of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia (…) The interval between the departure and the arrival of the shots is 3-5 seconds”adds the message.
Projectiles in the perimeter of the plant, according to the Russians
For their part, the authorities installed by Russia in the areas it occupies in the Zaporizhia region, including the power station, unsurprisingly accused the Ukrainian forces of being behind these shots. “Energodar and the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant are again under fire from militants [du président ukrainien Volodymyr] Zelensky”said on Telegram a member of the pro-Russian military and civil administration, Vladimir Rogov.
The projectiles fell “in areas located on the banks of the Dnieper and in the power plant”, he said, without reporting any casualties or damage. The Dnieper River (Dnipro in Ukrainian) separates areas in Russian hands from those controlled by Ukrainian authorities.
Several bombings of which the two parties mutually accuse each other have targeted the power plant in Zaporizhia oblast, located in Energodar, since last week, raising fears of a nuclear disaster and provoking a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday.
