The Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky called on Sunday (7) for a tougher international response to what he described as Russian “nuclear terrorism” after the country was accused of bombing the Russian nuclear plant. zaporizhzhia the largest in Europe.
During a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel, Zelensky called for sanctions to be imposed on the nuclear industry Russia and nuclear fuel, the Ukrainian leader wrote on Twitter.
The state-owned nuclear power company Ukraine said earlier that a worker was injured when Russian forces bombed the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Saturday night.
Moscow and Kiev accuse each other of bombing the plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in early March, along with the city of Enerhodar, where the complex is located.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed the Russia for the attack, calling the actions a “blatant crime” and an “act of terror”.
The Russian Defense Ministry has denied the allegation, saying the Ukrainians carried out three artillery attacks on the plant and its surroundings. The ministry added that the generation capacity of one unit of the plant was reduced and the power supply of another was cut off.
Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power operator Energoatom has accused Russian forces of attacking the Zaporizhzhia plant and using the complex as a platform to hit nearby targets, including many in the occupied city of Enerhodar and the nearby Russian-controlled city of Nikopol.
When fierce fighting broke out near the facility in the early days of the war, it raised fears of a nuclear incident and drew condemnation from the international community.
Russian troops forced their managers to work “with weapons” after taking the plant on March 5, according to Ukrainian nuclear officials. A week later, the Kremlin sent officials and technicians from the Russian state nuclear agency to help carry out repairs and manage the facility.
Since then, Ukrainian and Russian personnel have worked together and communication with the outside world has been intermittent.
Energoatom said on Friday that Russian bombing hit the nuclear complex and its surroundings and damaged a water intake facility, cutting off power and water to much of Enerhodar.
“Three hits were recorded directly at the station site,” the Ukrainian agency said, stating that one was “near one of the power units where the nuclear reactor is located.”
The state-owned company said on Saturday that the plant was operational and that the station’s Ukrainian staff continued to work to ensure radiation safety.
Source: CNN Brasil
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