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| Russian soldiers plant explosives on Ukraine nuclear power station |
| 2023-05-10 |
| [Express UK] RUSSIAN troops have planted explosives at Europe's biggest nuclear power station to blackmail advancing Ukrainian forces. Kyiv wants to retake southern Ukraine and intelligence chiefs now believe the Kremlin is using a "scorched earth policy" in Zaporizhzhia. Officials fear the Russians will destroy everything in the region if they are unable to hold on to the land. And the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday warned - after Russian shelling on the nuclear power plant - that "any attack (on) a nuclear plant is a suicidal thing". Ukrainian military intelligence chief Andriy Yusov said: "We have seen the Russian shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant. "If it’s not true, the Russians can make a goodwill gesture and hand over control of the plant to an international commission and the IAEA, if not to the Ukrainian military." He said the Russians used similar tactics at the Chernobyl nuclear plant when they occupied it. "This is a strategy of terror and scorched earth used by the Russians ahead of an inevitable Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south," he said. Russia's major general Valery Vasiliev, who commands the garrison of the ZNPP, said "there will be either Russian land or a scorched desert." He said: "As you know, we have planted mines in all the important facilities of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. And we do not hide this from the enemy. We warned them. The enemy knows that the plant will be either Russian — or no one's. We are ready for the consequences of this step. And you, warriors - liberators should understand that there is no other option. And in case of receiving the most severe order, we must fulfill it with honour!" |
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