SIMFEROPOL, October 4. /TASS/. Russia has sent a message to Western countries about the need to create legal mechanisms to prevent attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), making it clear that the Kiev authorities will be held accountable for their actions, nuclear energy expert Renat Karchaa told TASS.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated earlier that Moscow could give a tit-for-tat response to the Ukrainian military’s attacks on the ZNPP.
"All nuclear power plants in Ukraine are within the range of Russian weapons, but the president’s words should not be taken as a threat. It was a clear message to the so-called collective West about the need to create effective legal mechanisms to prevent [attacks] and ensure accountability for what the Ukrainian armed forces are doing, which is nothing but acts of nuclear terrorism," said Karchaa, who serves as advisor to Crimea’s head and is also a member of the Zaporozhye Region’s legislative assembly.
According to him, since 2022, Ukraine has been creating direct nuclear security threats by carrying out attacks on the ZNPP. "The subsequent expression of concern and alarm by the UN and the IAEA don’t change the situation," Karchaa added. Moreover, in his words, international organizations have been failing to say clearly who was behind the attacks.
