The authorities of the city of Energodar in the Zaporizhia region announced that the Russian army had shot down a Ukrainian drone loaded with ammunition near the nuclear plant, according to “Russia Today”.
The city authorities said that “the shell did not explode. It seems that the Ukrainian militants continue to try to attack the station, despite the presence of the International Atomic Energy Agency there,” adding that the drone was shot down hundreds of meters from the station, and the correspondent of “Novosti Agency” reported that Calm reigns now in the city of Energodar.
It is noteworthy that, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that the Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporizhia station constitute a threat to Europe, and that what Ukraine is doing with its attack on the Zaporizhia station is considered “nuclear terrorism,” denying Moscow’s deployment of heavy weapons at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant or its surroundings, according to Al-Arabiya TV. In breaking news.
The Russian Defense Ministry had said that Russian forces had thwarted a provocative operation planned by Kyiv forces at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, on the day of the arrival of the International Atomic Energy Agency delegation, according to “Russia Today”.
According to the report of the Ministry of Defense, “the Kyiv regime planned to take over the Zaporozhye nuclear plant,” and according to the ministry, the operation carried out by the Ukrainian forces was intended to use the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and experts of the mission as “human shields.”
She stressed that “the hostile actions carried out by the Ukrainian subversive groups, on the day of the arrival of IAEA experts, with artillery shelling of the Zaporizhia plant, leave no doubt that the Zelensky regime was preparing for these provocations in advance.”
The ministry stressed that the position of IAEA Director Rafael Grossi and his team deserves respect, who nevertheless went to the station despite Kyiv’s provocations and the Ukrainian bombing.
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