Kremlin: Kyiv bombed Zaporizhia nuclear power plant – Warning of ‘catastrophic consequences’

The Kremlin today blamed its forces Kiev as responsible for him bombing of the older one nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe and warned of “disastrous consequences” for Europe. The bombing of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant “by the Ukrainian armed forces” is “potentially extremely dangerous” and “could have catastrophic consequences for a wide area, including European territory,” the Kremlin spokesman said. Dmitry Peskov.

In addition, the Kremlin announced that Western countries with influence on Ukraine they should pressure Kyiv to stop bombing the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.

In a teleconference with journalists, Peskov said: “We expect the countries that have absolute influence over the Ukrainian leadership to use it in order to block the continued bombing».

In fact, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that yesterday Ukraine bombed the factory, destroying it high voltage cables and forcing facilities to reduce their production. Kyiv, for its part, denies targeting the plant and blames him Russian army that it hit the power plant facilities.

As reported by the Athens News Agency, the Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom announced yesterday, Sunday, that a worker was injured when the plant was shelled by Russian forces on Saturday afternoon.

The Reuters was unable to cross-check the information with an independent img.

In the last days, the Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of shelling areas near the nuclear plant, which is in territory controlled by Russian forces. The head of Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power company today called for the plant to be turned into demilitarized zone under the control of international peacekeeping forces.