Putin accuses the Ukrainian Armed Forces of allegedly attacking the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

Putin accuses the Ukrainian Armed Forces of allegedly attacking the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant

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Putin announces an attempted attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the night of August 22. IAEA Director General Grossi plans to visit the plant and meet with Zelenskiy in Kyiv to assess the situation.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin cynically accused the Ukrainian Armed Forces of attempting to allegedly attack the Kursk nuclear power plant on the night of August 22. He said this at a meeting on the situation in the border regions of Russia, UNN reports with reference to TASS.

Putin claims that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed and promises to come and assess the situation.

"The enemy tried to strike the nuclear power plant at night today. The International Atomic Energy Agency has been informed, and they promise to come and send experts to assess the situation. I hope that eventually they will do so," Putin said cynically.

Addendum

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.

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Russia occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP at the beginning of the full-scale war.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that the nuclear safety situation at the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP is deteriorating after a drone strike near the plant on August 17.