kyiv and Moscow on Saturday again exchanged accusations of shooting at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, occupied by Russia.
“Limit your presence in the streets of Energodar! We have received information about new provocations from the Russian occupiers, Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom said on Telegram. “According to the testimonies of the inhabitants, shelling is again in progress in the direction of the nuclear power plant of Zaporozhye (…) The interval between the departure and the arrival of the shots is 3-5 seconds”.
For their part, the occupying authorities installed by Russia in the areas it occupies in the Zaporozhye region unsurprisingly accused the Ukrainian forces of being behind the firing. “Energodar and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are again under fire from militants (of Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky,” a member of the pro-Russian military and civil administration, Vladimir Rogov, said on Telegram. The projectiles fell “in areas located on the banks of the Dnieper and in the power plant”, he said, without reporting any casualties or damage.
The Dnieper River (Dnipro in Ukrainian) separates areas in Russian hands from those controlled by Ukrainian authorities.