The Kremlin is using the issue of strikes on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to justify the escalation and intensification of long-range strikes against Ukraine.
This is stated in an ISW report, according to Ukrinform.
Analysts note that on May 30 and 31, the occupying administration of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reported two strikes allegedly carried out by Ukraine against the plant. It was claimed that on May 30, the machine room of the sixth power unit was damaged, and on May 31, the transport workshop.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Southern Defense Forces refuted these accusations, emphasizing that this is an attempt to divert attention from Russia’s illegal occupation of the plant.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry emphasized that Russia intensifies such accusations ahead of every meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Meanwhile, on May 31, the IAEA reported that its representatives at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had documented damage to the machine room consistent with the effects of a drone strike. However, the agency did not specify whether the drone was Ukrainian or Russian.
