Because of the risk of an open invasion of Belarus, Ukraine is preparing measures to protect the Rivne nuclear power plant. This was told by the director of the RNPP Pavel Kovtonyuk for the "

The station is currently protected by the National Guard..

" To do this, we work together with the military. Our station is guarded by the National Guard. Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are much more prepared for attacks on the station than it was before.. There are certain protective schemes,"

The director of the nuclear power plant also noted that a direct strike on the plant would not lead to a nuclear catastrophe due to the protection. At the same time, there is a risk of damage that will stop the operation of the power unit..

" Damage is possible that will not allow the power unit to operate,"

Recall, on December 6, the head of Ukrainian intelligence Kirill Budanov once again reminded that rumors about an invasion from Belarus are part of the Russian information war. He noted that the occupiers, on the contrary, are pulling funds to the republic for defense, but not for offensive.

On December 13, it became known that Belarus was deploying a unit of the MTR to the region neighboring Ukraine.