Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has personally voiced a fake about Ukraine's alleged attempts to strike at the Kursk nuclear power plant. The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council emphasized that the goal of the campaign is to discredit Ukraine and intimidate the world with a nuclear disaster, UNN reports.
"This statement by Putin is part of the Kremlin's disinformation campaign in response to the successful actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. The goal of the campaign is to discredit our country and intimidate the world with a nuclear disaster," the Center said in a statement.
According to Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Political Analysis and an officer of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, "the Russians' preferred scenario of the Defense Forces storming the Kursk NPP to accuse it of nuclear terrorism has fallen apart, but they have no alternative, so Putin has joined the propaganda of the threat of nuclear terror.
Putin's statement, the head of the CPD added, is "a pure lie that came out after the Russians' failed claims that Ukraine was preparing a ‘nuclear provocation’ at the Kursk and Zaporizhzhia NPPs last Friday.
"Everything is coming to the point where the Russians themselves can carry out this provocation and will try to bring it to the international level. As I said, the threat of a nuclear provocation by Russia is quite real, as Putin himself has already become involved," said Andriy Kovalenko.
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IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi saidthat he plans to visit the Kursk nuclear power plant in the next few days and then travel to Kyiv, where he plans to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.