Every soldier who shoots at or from the station is a target for the Ukrainian military and intelligence, the president reminded.
Ukraine will not leave actions unanswered occupiers of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and their use of residents of nearby settlements as “human shields”, said the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
“The occupiers are trying to intimidate people in an extremely cynical way, using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They are actually covering themselves with the station in order to fire at Nikopol and Marganets,” the president emphasized during the evening address.
Every day the Russian contingent stays on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and in the neighboring areas only increases the radiation threat to Europe, there was no such thing even at the peak of the Cold War confrontation, he emphasized.
Zelensky is convinced that nuclear blackmail will bring Russia nothing but increased international pressure.
“Russian blackmail only mobilizes even more global efforts to confront terror. Ukrainian diplomats and representatives of partner states will do everything to ensure that the new sanctions against Russia necessarily block the Russian nuclear industry,” Zelenskyi said.
All Russian officials and those who help in this blackmail will be brought to justice. nuclear power plant operations. Every Russian soldier who shoots at the station, or takes cover from it, becomes a target for the Ukrainian military and intelligence.
“I am especially grateful to everyone who defends this direction, who withstands the pressure of Russian terrorists and protects Ukraine and the world from the nuclear threat created by the occupiers. I am grateful to all our energy workers who support the stable operation of the energy system of Ukraine and the Zaporizhzhia plant itself,” concluded the president.
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Against the background of regular shelling of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which threatens a large-scale man-made catastrophe, The UN advocated the creation of a demilitarized zone around the station. The initiative was supported by the USA and the EU. Washington called on Moscow to withdraw its military and equipment from the NPP.
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