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War in Ukraine: the occupation authorities accuse kyiv of a new attack on the Zaporizhia power plant

2022-08-07T12:37:25.738Z


Moscow and kyiv accuse each other of firing on the nuclear power plant, located in an area occupied by Russian forces.


The Russian occupation administration said on Sunday that the Ukrainian army had damaged administrative buildings during a strike on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the target of fire for which Moscow and kyiv mutually accuse each other.

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During the night from Saturday to Sunday, "

the Ukrainian army carried out a strike with a cluster bomb fired from a Ouragan multiple rocket launcher

", said the occupation authorities of the town of Energodar, where the power station is located in the south of Ukraine.

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"

The shrapnel and the engine of the rocket fell 400 meters from a working reactor

", said this source, quoted by the Russian public news agency TASS, adding that this strike had "

damaged

" administrative buildings and affected "

a used nuclear fuel storage area

".

She did not provide more evidence to prove these statements and AFP could not confirm these allegations from an independent source.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday judged "

increasingly alarming

" the information coming from the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.

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Ukrainian authorities on Friday accused Russian forces of carrying out three strikes near a reactor at the Zaporizhia power plant in the south, although Moscow has controlled this territory since the start of the offensive.

The Russian army for its part affirmed that the Ukrainian forces are at the origin of these strikes, which caused a fire which was extinguished.

One of the nuclear power plant's reactors was shut down, the Ukrainian atomic energy company announced on Saturday after the strikes.

kyiv assures that Moscow stores heavy weapons and ammunition on the territory of the power plant.

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Source: lefigaro

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