Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant – “Radioactive blackmail”: Zelenskyj demands withdrawal

According to Zelensky, the factory staff is under constant pressure from the Russian occupiers, who do not comply with safety regulations and interfere in technical processes. In his nightly video address to the Ukrainian people, he describes the Russian actions as “radioactive blackmail” and the worst incident in the history of nuclear energy.

“No other terrorist has plumbed such abyss with the cynicism that Russia displays and always hits new lows.” The longer the Russian occupation of the power plant lasts, the greater the threat to the security of Ukraine and all of Europe.

Briefing outside Kiev
Zelenskyj also held his military briefing with the General Staff outside the capital Kyiv for the first time. “We discussed the general situation in the front areas and strengthened and protected our borders along the entire front – from the Kherson region to the Kharkiv region,” he said in his daily video address on Monday. He gave no details about the results of the meeting.

The briefing took place in the industrial city of Dnipro, where many arms factories are located. In addition, Zelenskyi visited Zaporizhia and the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which are often exposed to Russian missile attacks. “Today, Russian missiles hit residential buildings in Zaporizhia,” Zelensky said. These were “burned, unfortunately partially destroyed”. Zelenskyj again accused Moscow of deliberate terror against the civilian population. “But our soldiers, whom we visited today in Zaporizhia, know exactly what they need to drive the enemy out of our country.”