The Russian army on Thursday (September 1) accused Ukrainian troops of having sent a team of "
saboteurs
" near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the day of the visit of a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA).
"
Around 6 a.m. (0300 GMT) two groups of Ukrainian army saboteurs, up to sixty people, landed on board seven boats (...) three kilometers northeast of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia
," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, saying it had taken "
steps to annihilate the enemy
."
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