Russian and Ukrainian authorities blame each other for new attacks involving at least nine projectiles near the facilities
The clashes around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant have raised the alarm in the West. And it is that the risk of a catastrophe in these facilities is “ten times” greater than that in Chernobyl in 1986, according to Ukraine’s foreign minister Dmitro Kuleba, who assured Friday. While the United Nations Security Council takes urgent measures to prevent the armed conflict from causing a large-scale nuclear leak, fighting continues in the vicinity of the factory.
The authorities of Russia – which controls the facilities – and Ukraine returned on Saturday to blame each other for new attacks in the vicinity of the factory. The Russian government of the occupied city of Energodar pointed out that both the municipality and the factory are “again under fire from Zelensky militants,” said Moscow official Vladimir Rogov, who led the Ukrainian artillery strikes on the Zaporizhia thermal power plant. denounced. close to the nuclear factory. In particular, he said, at least nine projectiles have exploded.
The Kiev version is different. The residents carried out “new provocations” with “bombing raids” from the local park, Energodar mayor Dimitro Orlov said on Telegram, citing residents who witnessed the attack.
The scene is repeated for the second time this week, with clashes in the area despite nuclear risk warnings. Ukrainian authorities have denounced “some damage” to the factory after a Russian bombing of the region – which the International Atomic Energy Agency said had no impact on radiation in the area – while Moscow blamed the airstrike on Kiev.
Meanwhile, the fighting continues in the rest of the country. As explained this Saturday by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia bombed several infrastructures in more than a dozen settlements in the Kharkov region. Kremlin troops also fired artillery of various calibers at Chernigov and Sumy. A scenario that was repeated in Dnipropetrovsk. “The night is once again under enemy fire. The Russian army has hit two districts: Nikopol and Kryvorizki,” said the region’s governor, who assured that “thirty rockets were fired at residential areas”, destroying 11 high-rise buildings, 13 private homes and a kindergarten. No injuries were reported.
Moscow, for its part, confirmed that it has eliminated more than 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers in the battle for control of Soledar, one of the open fronts in Donetsk. This war, which has already been waged with more than 360 dead and another 710 wounded, will not end until the “end of the occupation of Crimea”, according to the Ukrainian children’s prosecutor’s office. In keeping with the words of President Volodímir Zelenski a few days ago, his adviser, Mijailo Podoliak, stated this Saturday. “Russia started the war against Ukraine in 2014 by taking Crimea. It is clear that the war must end with his release,” he said on Twitter.
In addition to darkness, there is also light. The Turkish Defense Ministry confirmed the departure from Ukrainian ports of two more ships carrying more than 15,000 tons of grain, which will help alleviate the global food crisis following the protection agreement signed last month in Istanbul between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United States. Nations .
Source: La Verdad
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