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Ukraine: CNN, a video shows Russian military vehicles in the Zaporizhzhia plant

2022-08-19T07:48:22.876Z


A new video circulating online, and reported by CNN, shows the presence of Russian military vehicles parked inside the turbine room connected to one of the reactors in Zaporizhizia (ANSA)


A new video circulating online shows the presence of Russian military vehicles parked inside the turbine hall connected to one of the reactors of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant of Zaporizhizia, occupied by Moscow troops and at the center of international attention due to the fear of catastrophic accidents: CNN writes it, adding that it has geolocated and authenticated the video.

However, it is not clear when the images were shot.

In them - writes CNN - you can see two rows of Russian military trucks, of which at least five are visible, one of which with the "Z" symbol painted on the hood, parked in the turbine room about 130 meters from the corresponding nuclear reactor, one of the six of the central.

Also visible is something that looks like a tent and some pallets of different sizes of which, CNN writes, the purpose is not clear.

Moscow has so far said that the military equipment present in the plant concerns only the guard service

and yesterday the Russian Defense Ministry said that satellite images clearly show that in the plant "there are no weapons, especially heavy ones".

Ukraine, on the other hand, accuses the Russian army of firing from inside the plant, making it a shield - accusations, these rejected by Russia - and also of mistreating the Ukrainian personnel assigned to the operation of the nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, which in days it should be visited by experts from the IAEA, the UN agency for nuclear energy.

The US: "Russia despises nuclear safety"


The United States is "aware of reports that the Russian military mistreated" the personnel of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia.

This was stated by the spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price, condemning "Russia's reckless contempt for nuclear safety".

The State Department reiterated the need for officials of the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to be guaranteed access to the plant as soon as possible.

Source: ansa

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