The United States has called Russia’s attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, a “war crime”. The US Embassy in Ukraine spoke on Twitter and a top Defense Department official spoke to the press on Friday.
The strongest condemnation came from the embassy, whose diplomats are now in Poland: “It is a war crime to attack a nuclear plant. Putin’s bombing of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further,” he wrote.
At a press conference, a senior defense official said the attack was an example of the “reckless” way in which Russia is carrying out its invasion of Ukrainian territory. The source recalled that nuclear plants “are not built to withstand armed conflict” and that “there is no excuse” for the Russian offensive.
This Thursday night. Russia attacked the Zaporizhzhya plant. There was a fire in one of the buildings and the fire was put out by firefighters only this Friday (04). The US did not detect radioactive leaks, in the assessment made with Ukraine’s state nuclear regulator and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The plant in southeastern Ukraine has been taken over by the Russian army but is being managed by Ukrainian technical teams.
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