The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Ukraine had allegedly begun preparations for an attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant. And the Russian Defense Ministry said that it was assessing the information about the alleged preparations for the attack “with due seriousness.” This was reported by UNN.
In its statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry called on “international organizations, especially the UN and the IAEA, to immediately condemn the provocative actions being prepared by the Kyiv regime and to prevent violations of nuclear safety and security at the Kursk NPP, which could result in a large-scale man-made disaster in Europe.”
In its turn, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that it “assesses with due seriousness the information coming from independent channels about the Kyiv regime's preparations to strike the Kursk nuclear power plant.”
“The purpose of this provocation is to accuse the Russian Federation of “self-shelling” the plant to create grounds for strikes on Ukraine's nuclear energy facilities,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that Russia has allegedly talked about preparations for attacks on nuclear power plants.