Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) declare a provocation by the Russian military, who attacked the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under a false flag. This is stated in the ISW summary of the day on July 12.
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The mention of the incident can be found on the website and NNEGC "
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An hour earlier, Energoatom President Petr Kotin, who participated in the public event, noted that " However, he obviously had in mind the general situation at the occupied station..
" They are also kidnapped and held in unknown places, killed and shot.. The terrible story of Sergei Shvets, an employee of the Zaporozhye station, who was shot for his pro-Ukrainian position, horrified the entire civilized world. And, unfortunately, no one knows what atrocities the rashists can still commit,"
Earlier, around noon, Energoatom issued a message stating the normal situation at the ZNPP as of 08:00, July 12, 2022.
" The radiation background corresponds to the natural radiation background at the location of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,"
Recall that Energoatom insists that they control the operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, although it is under enemy occupation.
At the same time, the Russian invaders, who seized the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in the city of Energodar in the first weeks of the invasion, during this time actually turned it into a military base and actively continue to strengthen their garrison there. This was reported by The Wall Steet Jounal, which, on condition of anonymity, spoke with the workers of the power plant, as well as Ukrainian officials and diplomats..
The publication noted that there are more than 500 Russian invaders at the nuclear power plant.. They deployed heavy artillery batteries there and planted anti-personnel mines along the banks of the reservoir, from which water cools six nuclear power plant reactors.. In particular, in June, the invaders deployed the Smerch multiple launch rocket system, Grad rocket launchers, tanks and armored personnel carriers on the territory of the nuclear power plant..
Later, The Wall Steet Jounal reported that the occupiers patrol the nuclear power plant with weapons and hunt for "
On June 29, Energoatom announced that the Russian invaders were preparing a serious provocation at the ZNPP. In particular, the occupiers at the ZNPP are going to accuse the Ukrainian nuclear scientists of storing weapons on the territory of the plant..
For the sake of this, the invaders detained several ZNPP workers and tortured them to "
On July 1, Energoatom stated that the invaders staged a provocation at the ZNPP, insisting on draining the station’s cooling pools in order to check its bowls for the presence of weapons allegedly hidden by the Ukrainian side.
On July 11, SE " In particular, the Russian military forced the plant management to allow a well-known Russian blogger-propagandist with a representative of Rosatom, accompanied by armed soldiers, to the block control panel of one of the power units of the nuclear power plant and other premises with limited access..