Russia yesterday called on Nato to urgently discuss Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at its summit this week – amid growing fears of an impending catastrophe.
The sprawling facility, the biggest nuclear site in Europe, is located on Russian-held territory in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, near the frontline of the conflict.
Both nations have accused each other of planning to attack the plant.
As world leaders begin meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, today the Kremlin warned that Zaporizhzhia should be promoted to the top of the agenda.
Russia’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Nato should urgently discuss the plant – before it is too late.
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Accusing Ukraine of “systematic infliction of damage” to the site, Miss Zakharova said that “the Nato summit’s key attention should be devoted to it”.
And she warned: “After all, the vast majority of the alliance members will be in the direct impact zone.”
Vilnius is about 620 miles from the nuclear plant.
Nato leaders are meeting in the Lithuanian capital today and tomorrow.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed Russian forces have positioned devices “resembling explosives on the roof of several power units” at the plant.
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As a result, authorities in Kyiv are said to be preparing for the possibility of a nuclear disaster, which could be similar to the catastrophe at Chornobyl.
in 1986. Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik said: “I cannot process that in the 21st century, this is what is happening.
“We are preparing for a nuclear explosion and the whole world is watching and there is nothing that can be done.”
She claimed Russia, whose military officials now control the plant, was not allowing UN inspectors into specific areas to carry out checks.
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