One worker was killed and two others wounded at the Zaporijjia power station, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, following another explosion in the area. Energoatom, the Ukrainian company that oversees the country’s nuclear power plants, reported on Telegram that Russia had already carried out at least six attacks on the town of Energodar, where most of the plant’s workers live. The New York Times.
In recent days, attacks on the plant have forced many residents from their homes, sparking an exchange of accusations between Ukraine and Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his military forces will attack any soldiers who open fire at the site of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. This decision is aimed at protecting and countering the plant Accusations Moscow held by the Ukrainian army attacked Compromise plant safety, directly on site.
Zelensky said that anyone who orders an attack on the base or nearby towns is a danger Nuclear accidentshould be tried by an international court.
“All Russian soldiers who fire into the plant area, or who use the area to fire missiles at Ukrainian soldiers, must understand that they become a special target for our military intelligence services, our special services and our army,” Zelensky said on Saturday. the night
For his part, Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoliak accused Russia of attacking the central region, where energy is produced that feeds the entire southern region of Ukraine. “Intention Turn us off Blame the Ukrainian army for any disaster,” Podoliak said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which plans to inspect the plant at the site, has warned of a nuclear disaster if the fighting does not stop. Although the walls in key areas of the plant are designed to withstand heavy impacts, nuclear experts fear the brawl could damage spent fuel containers or reactors.
This Sunday, 42 countries, including the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Union, asked Russia to immediately withdraw military forces from the center.
“The presence of Russian military forces at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant prevents the operator and Ukrainian authorities from fulfilling their nuclear and radiation safety obligations,” they said in a statement.
Since the Zaporizhia problem, the UN Russia accuses it of being isolated
Moscow has acknowledged in the past week that the fighting around the nuclear plant is dangerous, despite continuing to blame Ukrainian military forces.
Russian Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov expressed regret United Nations From their point of view, they show no real intention to visit the site to avoid potential disaster and are further removed from the problem.
“The IAEA asked for help in organizing a mission, but the UN is far from the issue,” lamented Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna – where the UN is based.
“The role of the UN, in this regard, has been reduced to giving the green light to the IAEA to enter the field. We believe that the visit should not be postponed and that it would be advantageous to undertake it in late August or early September,” he added.
However, the diplomat recognizes that this is a delicate issue. “An international team cannot be sent under constant artillery fire. That is the main obstacle,” he said. In this regard, he asked Ukraine to stop its military operations and “to guarantee the safety of the participants in this mission.
Russian forces seized the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant, responsible for up to 20% of Ukraine’s energy needs, at the start of the war. Only two of its reactors are operational, and Ukraine continues to accuse Moscow of trying to reconnect the plant to Crimea and cut off electricity supplies to Ukrainian cities.
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