MOSCOW – Russia will take all measures to deprive the Kiev government of the opportunity to deliver strikes on energy facilities, TASS News Agency quoted the Russian foreign ministry’s official spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying.
“The systematic nature of Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and other Russian energy facilities exposes a fairly established and deliberate tendency, aimed at inflicting irreparable damage to the Russian economy and creating the risk of a man-made disaster that will put security of the entire European continent at risk,” she said.
“Realizing how untrustworthy the regime of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky is, our country will take all necessary measures in his regard, in order to deprive the Kiev regime of the opportunity to perform attacks of this kind.”
“It is not the first time that the Zelensky regime is showing its total disregard for questions of security of civil nuclear facilities. This is manifested, among other things, in their persistence to create risks for ZNPP staff fulfilling their duties, and in attempts to exert external influence on decision-making by the power plant’s personnel,” she continued.
Zakharova went on to say that Moscow has been doing its best to ensure proper working atmosphere for the power plant’s personnel, including through improving social and economic conditions in the adjacent city of Energodar, and repairing infrastructure.
