Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of bombing near the nuclear reactor in Zaporozhye

Ukraine and Russia on Friday accused each other of bombing an area near a nuclear reactor at the Ukrainian power plant in Zaporozhye, the largest in Europe.

The exchange of accusations of the threat of catastrophe reminded that the war, which began more than five months ago, continues to wreak havoc, despite an agreement that allowed three ships with grain to leave Ukrainian ports blocked by Ukrainian ports. Russia.

Grain shipments to world markets have resumed thanks to the mediation of Turkey and the UN in an attempt to alleviate the food crisis that has caused food prices to soar.

“nuclear terrorism”

Ukraine accused Russia about carrying out three explosions near the reactor at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, in the south Ukrainein Russian hands since March.

According to the Ukrainian state company Energoatom, which operates the country’s nuclear power plants, a power line was damaged, which led to the shutdown of one of the reactors.

However, “there are risks of hydrogen leakage and the spread of radioactive substances. The danger of fires is great,” he warned.

Instead, the Russian army blamed the attack on “Ukrainian armed groups” and called on the international community to speak out against the “nuclear terrorism” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The President of Ukraine replied that “Russia must take responsibility for the very fact of creating a threat to nuclear power plants.

International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) warned on Tuesday that the situation at the plant is “unstable” and that “it is becoming more dangerous every day.”

Putin thanked Erdogan for mediation

Five days after the departure of the first grain carrier from Ukraine Three more parties left since the beginning of the Russian invasion Ukraine on Friday.

With them begins a series of regular rotations of deliveries to agricultural markets, the Turkish Defense Ministry said.

President of Russia, Vladimir Putinthanked his Turkish colleague, Recep Tayyip ErdoganThe mediation at the summit in Sochi (Russia), during which they agreed to strengthen bilateral energy and economic cooperation, was reported in the Kremlin.

New attack in Nikolaev

In the ground Ukraine reported Russian shelling of several cities, including Nikopol and Krivoy Rog, in the east.

Other explosions were recorded in Nikolaev (south), injuring 22 people and damaging many houses, according to its mayor Alexander Senkevich.

The governor of this region, constantly beaten since the beginning of the war, imposed a curfew in the regional capital until Monday in order to neutralize the “collaborators” of the Russians.

Ukrainian forces are counter-offensive in the south and claim to have recaptured more than 50 cities that were occupied by Russian forces.

Amnesty continues to blame Ukraine

Government Ukraine had to turn to another front following the release on Thursday of an Amnesty International (AI) report accusing the army of endangering civilians in defense of a Russian invasion.

Vladimir Zelensky he dismissed the report, saying that it was “shifting responsibility from the aggressor to the victim.”

But the human rights NGO confirmed that it “fully supports” its findings, “based on evidence gathered at the end of extensive investigations.”

(According to AFP)

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