Russia says Ukraine planning ‘provocation’ at nuclear plant; Kyiv dismisses accusation

LONDON, 19 August 2022, (TON): Russia said “there was a risk of a manmade disaster at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and accused Kyiv and the West of planning provocation there during a visit to Ukraine by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.”

A Ukrainian official dismissed what he depicted as a cynical assertion by Moscow and said Russian forces should leave the plant they captured soon after invading Ukraine nearly six months ago, demine it and remove any munitions stored there.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear reactor complex, the largest in Europe, has come under repeated shelling, with both Moscow and Kyiv trading blame.

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