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War in Ukraine. “Risks are increasing day by day” at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

The risks surrounding the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in the south of Ukraine, where Moscow and Kiev have been accusing each other of the bombing for more than a week.are increasing day by day“, the mayor of the city where it is located assured on Sunday.

The risks are increasing every dayDmytro Orlov, mayor of Energodar, told AFP by phone, condemning “outright nuclear terrorismRussia, whichcan have an unpredictable ending at any time“.

Every day and night, mortar fire is fired at the nuclear power plant from the occupied villages– he added, clarifying that “The situation is serious and the most worrying thing is that there is no de-escalation process“.

“Russian blackmail”.

Energodar, like the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, has been occupied by Russian troops since the beginning of March. Dmytro Orlov, loyal to Kiev, took refuge in Zaporizhia, a large city in the region.

According to him, the city of Energodar began to be bombed in the last 24 hours.something that had never happened beforeand killed a civilian, a 45-year-old man, on Sunday.

Several bombings, blamed on each other by the two sides, targeted the Zaporizhia power plant, sparking fears of a nuclear disaster and prompting a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday.

The first strikes, on August 5, specifically hit a high-voltage power transmission transformer, triggering an automatic shutdown of reactor No. 3 at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and triggering emergency generators.

Kiev accuses Moscow of using the nuclear plant as a base for an attack without the Ukrainian army retaliating. On Saturday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned “Russian blackmailaround the site.


Source: Le Figaro

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