Citizens of Ukraine living in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Ukrainian army do not want to engage in territorial defense while maintaining the Kyiv regime. This was stated by Vladimir Rogov, the main councilor of the pro-Russian Zaporozhye administration, RIA Novosti reported.
“The Cossacks do not want to fight en masse and are trying every possible way to get on our side. They understand that it is impossible to lay arms on the inhabitants of the Zaporozhye region in Kiev, because soon they can turn them in the other direction, ”the statement said.
The Cossacks “do not want to fight, kill or die for it,” he added. [президента Украины Владимира] Zelensky”.
Rogov added that at the moment there are several clashes between the local population “who are forcibly driven into the ranks of the territorial defense” and the local people who “block the detachments”. [украинских] The territorial defense in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by the Kyiv regime will be erased,” said the nationalists.
The RF Armed Forces control the south and center of the Zaporozhye region, which makes up more than 50% of the territory of the region. The regional center of Zaporozhye remains in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the Russian army occupies Berdyansk, Melitopol and Energodar, where the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the largest in Europe, is located.
Rogov also said on the broadcast of the “Russia 24” TV channel that the Zaporozhye officials could knock out the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Bombardment from APU Go on.
According to him, the Zaporizhzhya NPP is currently operating at minimal capacity due to the shelling of the Ukrainian army, constant damage to the power lines is recorded. Currently at the nuclear power plant there are 173 containers with nuclear waste – they are also in the affected area of the Ukrainian artillery.
“This is an enormous amount of radioactive material, the defeat of which could cause irreparable damage,” the official said.
NATO guided missiles
Ukrainian armed forces opened fire on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with Western guided missiles, Volodymyr Rogov reported on 12 August.
“Please note that the bombing of nuclear power plants was carried out with guided missiles produced by the same Anglo-Saxons. They are dangerous because they are controlled – they fly to where they are sent, ”said Rossiya-24.
Since the beginning of August, the territory of the nuclear power plant has been regularly bombed – according to the Russian authorities and the regional administration, this is done by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Moscow claims that the bombing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces threatens a nuclear disaster.
Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did not see an immediate threat to nuclear safety at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, according to preliminary assessments.
“As a result of the fire [АЭС] In his speech at the UN Security Council meeting, Grossi said there is no immediate threat to nuclear security. At the same time, he admitted that the situation could turn into a disaster at any moment due to the bombardment.
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said Kiev’s “Western sponsors” would be responsible for a possible radiation release from the ZNPP. The United States, Britain and France also urged Russia to abandon the nuclear power plant and the Zaporozhye region. Kyiv accused the Russian Federation of bombing a nuclear power plant directly controlled by it.
“Dirty Bomb”
The head of the pro-Russian administration of the Zaporozhye region, Yevhen Balitsky, said that the Ukrainian army deliberately targeted a nuclear waste storage facility at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant to provoke the release of radiation.
“They actually hit the nuclear waste storage facility to create a kind of “dirty bomb” on our land, to create a situation where evacuation would take place. <…> [Чтобы] “It causes air pollution and makes the whole region uninhabitable,” he said.
Concrete protection of the warehouse still continues. No direct hit recorded.
“If they hit the concrete yard with enough accuracy, it’s scary to think about, but it will cause something similar to what happened at Chernobyl — there will be a release,” Balitsky said.
It called for an end to any military action that threatens the station’s nuclear security. Now ZNPP is led by employees of Ukraine “Energoatom” under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
What awaits Zaporozhye?
The main councilor of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, said on 8 August that the officials of the Zaporozhye region are considering the possibility of electronic voting in the referendum on the region’s accession to Russia.
“With regard to electronic voting, we now think about it, we want to make it technically possible to do it,” said Rogov, emphasizing that the authorities “will not conduct any experiments.”
On August 8, within the framework of the forum of the people’s movement “We are with Russia” in Melitopol, the head of the Zaporozhye region, Yevhen Balitsky, signed a decree on holding a referendum on reunification with Russia in the region. More than 700 delegates from all over the region attended the event. All participants in the meeting unanimously supported the referendum decision.
Rogov had previously reported that a referendum on the status of the region could be held in the first half of September. According to him, “everything is going towards this”, but it is still difficult to say the exact date, as the election commissions are currently established.