MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. Moscow is warning the Kiev regime and its Western sponsors against creating serious accidents at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Saturday.
"We once again warn Kiev and the Western sponsors who support it against creating serious accidents at the ZNPP, and urge the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its leadership to take advantage of the agency’s expert presence at the site to record all attacks carried out by Ukraine instead of turning a blind eye to them and clearly say who is to blame for what is happening and where the real security threat to the facility is coming from," the statement reads.
The diplomat said that the allegations by the Kiev regime and its Western sponsors about Russian threats to the Zaporozhye NPP were aimed at discrediting Moscow. "We view allegations by officials representing the Kiev regime and its overseas sponsors about Russia creating threats to the Zaporozhye NPP as a vile provocation. This is yet another attempt to discredit Russia, ascribing the intention to us that we don’t have and trying to cover up their own criminal - and, in fact, terrorist - plans to create an emergency that would endanger the lives and health of the local population and residents of European countries," Zakharova noted.
She emphasized that while the Kiev regime was working hard to spread disinformation about nuclear risks allegedly coming from Russia, it was the current Ukrainian authorities "that for months have been endangering the security of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant."
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Washington and its satellites seek to seize every opportunity to create and promote horror stories about the alleged "Russian nuclear threat."
"Washington prefers to ignore the obvious. This is a common situation where the US and its satellites seize every opportunity to create and promote horror stories about the ‘Russian nuclear threat.’ That said, the US continues to deliberately raise the stakes and generate strategic risks, involving its NATO allies in this dangerous activity. The consequences of such a reckless policy will be extremely sad, including for Washington," the diplomat concluded.