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War in Ukraine: “The risks are increasing every day” at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

2022-08-14T17:04:12.987Z


Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of Energodar, where the plant is located, denounces “pure and simple nuclear terrorism” by Russia.


The prospect of a nuclear disaster is growing.

The risks around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, where Moscow and kyiv have accused each other of bombing for more than a week, "are increasing every day", Dmytro Orlov told AFP by telephone. , the mayor of Energodar, where the plant is located.

He also denounced "pure and simple nuclear terrorism" by Russia, which "can end unpredictably at any time".

"Mortar fire on the nuclear power plant is being carried out every day and night from the occupied villages", he added, explaining that "the situation is serious and the most worrying thing is that there is no de-escalation process.

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Energodar is, like the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant, occupied since the beginning of March by Russian troops.

Faithful to kyiv, Dmytro Orlov found refuge in Zaporijjia, the big city of the region.

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According to him, the city of Energodar began to be bombarded during the last 24 hours, "which had never happened before".

A civilian, a 45-year-old man, was killed on Sunday.

Several bombings have targeted the Zaporijjia power plant since last week, raising fears of a nuclear disaster and provoking a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday.

The first strikes, on August 5, notably hit a high-voltage power line transformer, causing the automatic shutdown of reactor number 3 of Europe's largest nuclear power plant and the start-up of its emergency generators.

kyiv accuses Moscow of using the plant as an attack base, without the Ukrainian army being able to retaliate.

On Saturday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced "Russian blackmail" around the site.

Source: leparis

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