MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have intensified their attacks on critically important elements of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), said Maj. Gen. Alexey Rtishchev, chief of the Russian Armed Forces' Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops.

"The intensity of attacks on critically important facilities of the Zaporozhye NPP has increased. Civilians working at the plant are coming under fire," he told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper in an interview.

Rtishchev emphasized that despite the constant danger, units of the Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops are fully prepared to respond immediately and contain any potential emergency.