Kremlin denies threatening occupied atomic site as missiles strike Crimea bridge
“A terrorist attack with a radiation leak. They have prepared everything for this. Unfortunately I have repeatedly had to issue reminders that radiation has no state borders. And who it will hit is determined only by the direction of the wind,” he added.
Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukrainian military intelligence, said Russian troops had placed mines at a cooling pond in the facility, which was seized by Moscow’s forces early in their all-out invasion 16 months ago. The plant’s reactors are in near-total shutdown mode after repeated shelling that each side blames on the other.
“This is yet another lie. There have just been contacts with the IAEA there at the site. There was a very high assessment from the IAEA, they all saw everything they wanted to see,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “Our dialogue and co-operation with the IAEA continue and we are in favour of continuing these contacts…Everything else is a lie.”
The rockets punched a hole in the span, which is an important route for Russian weapons and troops travelling to the area to reinforce the positions of Moscow’s military as Ukraine begins its long-awaited counteroffensive.
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