Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has firmly rejected yet another round of unfounded accusations by the Russian Federation regarding an alleged "attack by Ukraine" on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, disseminated on May 30 by representatives of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
This is stated in an official comment by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, according to Ukrinform.
“We consider these statements as yet another information operation by the occupying state, aimed at diverting the international community's attention from the only real source of nuclear danger at the Zaporizhzhia NPP – the illegal Russian occupation of the station,” the statement emphasizes.
Russian propaganda is once again attempting to promote an absurd narrative: that the state defending its own territory is allegedly attacking its own nuclear facilities, while the state that occupied them is portrayed as their “protector.” The very fact that it is necessary to repeat this thesis already indicates its untenability.
The MFA notes that the Russian Federation has been refusing for years to provide full and unrestricted access to international experts to all areas of the ZNPP. In particular, throughout the entire time of the IAEA mission at the station, international experts were not granted access to the western parts of the turbine halls of the power units. The Russian side also systematically restricted access to other facilities and premises of the station under various pretexts.
