In a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the latter’s initiative, Putin warned that the systematic Ukrainian targeting of the Zaporozhye nuclear plant threatens to cause a catastrophe and radioactive contamination in large areas. At the same time, the Russian mission to the United Nations revealed Ukrainian preparations to carry out a new provocative action targeting the nuclear plant. And before the US Department of Defense announced the provision of a new package of military aid to Ukraine worth eight hundred million dollars, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev blamed Washington and London for any possible disaster that might occur at the Zaporozhye nuclear plant. While Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stressed that the situation is very dangerous because of The continuation of the US escalation from the Ukrainian territory, despite Moscow’s keenness to avoid the United States becoming a party to the conflict. Does the French president’s call reflect the European countries’ sense of the seriousness of the situation in Zaporozhye? And does the new US military support for Kiev reflect its support for its provocation in Zbarugia and the targeting of Russian territory?
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