“Our principle is simple: The world must know what the occupier is preparing. Everyone who knows must act,” Zelensky said. “The world has enough power to prevent any radiation incidents, let alone a radiation catastrophe.”
to cause a radiation disaster, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Although the last of the plant's six reactors was shut down last fall to reduce the risk of a meltdown, experts have warned that one could still happen if the cooling system that keeps the reactor core and spent nuclear fuel from overheating loses power. Russia also fired 13 cruise missiles overnight at a military airfield in the western Khmelnytskyi province but Ukrainian air defenses intercepted them all, according to the air force. The attack came after Russian-appointed officials said that Ukrainian-fired missiles damaged a bridge that serves as key supply link to occupied areas of southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on Friday that Russia has beefed up its defense forces in southern Ukraine in response to the early counteroffensive but also intensified its efforts to take more ground in the east. Asked if the Ukrainian military's initial attacks set the stage for a larger assault, Maliar confirmed that was the plan.
The Ukrainian leader's nighttime remarks Thursday on a possible attack on the nuclear power plant carried a tone of frustration with “countries that are pretending to be neutral even now” in the war. He accused “anyone who turns a blind eye to Russia’s occupation of such a facility” of enabling Moscow to commit an act of evil and terror.
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