Ukraine.- This Thursday, the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, announced that Russian tanks are firing at the nation’s nuclear plants, for which he called on the entire European continent to “wake up.”
After more than a week of having begun the invasion of Ukrainian territory after the Russian leader Vladimir Putin authorized a military operation in the European country, the capital Kyiv continues to be besieged by Russian troops.
Through a message, Zelensky warned that the Russians were preparing to reach the nuclear plants and start shooting at them, warning that if there is an explosion in one of the 15 nuclear plants in the country “it is the end of everything” .
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“Europe must wake up. Russian tanks fire on nuclear plants. They know where to shoot. They were preparing for this,” said the Ukrainian president after the building caught fire. Energodar nuclear power plantsoutheast of the country.
The head of state of Ukraine announced that he had already discussed the nuclear threat posed by attacks by Russian troops on reactive plants with the president of the United States, Joe Bidenand with the chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz.
At the same time, Volodimir Zelensky urged all the countries that make up the European continent to “prevent the destruction of Europe by the catastrophe of an explosion at a nuclear power plant”.
In this vein, the President of Ukraine accused Vladimir Putin of wanting to repeat a catastrophe even greater than the magnitude of Chernobyland to resort to “nuclear terror” to keep the Ukrainian territory.
Since last week, the Russian military has invaded the exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, according to what was reported by the adviser to the Ministry of the Interior, Anton Gueraschenko.
The public servant warned that, if for any reason, the deposits containing radioactive remains are damaged, “nuclear dust can spread throughout the territory of Ukraine, Belarus and the countries of the European Union“.
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While the war in Ukraine on the part of Russia continues to leave hundreds of dead, the different governments at the international level continue to impose economic sanctions on the Russian government and companies.
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