Ukrainian intelligence: Russia planning terrorist attack on nuclear plant

Zelensky has cited Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia is planning a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in south-east Ukraine.

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine.

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The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is in southereastern Ukraine, in a part of Ukraine currently occupied by Russia. It is located precisely in the specially-built city of Enerhoda on the Dnieper.

Mykhailo Podolyak, Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, has said on Twitter that Russia will not be able to hold Enerhodar and this is the motivation behind planned terrorist activities:

Russia is unable to keep hold of Enerhodar in the medium term, and therefore is currently considering a large-scale terrorist attack at the ZNPP to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive and create a depopulated sanitary gray zone, fixed for the next years, as part of the…

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) June 22, 2023

Zelensky's statement that Russia is planning to (possibily literally) undermine the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has caused considerable alarm in the Ukrainian press:

‼️ “#Russia is preparing a terrorist attack at the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with the release of radiation, they have prepared everything for this,” President #Zelensky said. pic.twitter.com/N71xCj87FA

— KyivPost (@KyivPost) June 22, 2023

Sources: PAP, Twitter

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