On Friday, close Putin ally Nikolai Patrushev, the head of the Russian Security Council, claimed that Ukrainians were shelling Zaporizhzhia on the orders of the US. Ukraine has accused Russia of housing troops and storing weapons at the plant, and using its grounds to launch strikes against Ukrainian-controlled territory, knowing that Ukrainian forces would be reluctant to fire back. Russia accused of ‘kidnapping’ head of Ukraine nuclear plant
Head of Zaporizhzhia nuke plant has been released, IAEA chief says Ukraine says Russia abducted another official from Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Power cut to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in ‘deeply worrying development,’ IAEA says via REUTERS Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv of shelling the plant and warned of a “large-scale catastrophe” on Friday. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday warned France’s Emmanuel Macron during a rare phone call that shelling the facility - which he blamed on Ukrainian forces - could result in a “large-scale catastrophe that could lead to radioactive contamination of large territories.” Russia and Ukraine have accused one another of planning “false flag” attacks at the facility, which is under Russian control. Kyiv said that Russian forces planned to disconnect the nuclear plant from the power grid. Ukrainian Hydrometeorological InĬoncerns over the integrity of the six nuclear reactors at the facility, which has been under Russian control since March, reached a fever pitch on Friday, after officials with Rosatom - Russia’s state nuclear agency - reportedly announced an unplanned day off at the plant and “urgently” left work.īoth Russia and Ukraine have accused one another of planning provocations at the nuclear plant, which has seen heavy shelling over the past weeks. Ukrainian Hydrometeorological In In a span of three days, radioactive particles would reach as far as the Austrian border, according to the simulation. This screenshot from the video shows the moment a hypothetical blast occurs at Europe’s largest nuclear facility. The video was created by the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute and was shared by BBC journalist Myroslava Petsa on Thursday amid dueling warnings of “false flag” attacks from both Moscow and Kyiv.Īccording to the map, should a Chernobyl-style disaster take place at Zaporizhzhia - Europe’s largest nuclear plant - a radioactive cloud would disperse over 13 countries in the region, including Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia. Radioactive waste from a blast at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant could reach more than a dozen European countries - including Russia - in a matter of just three days, a chilling simulation video shows.
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