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Ukrainian President warns of potential Russian attacks on nuclear power plants in Ukraine

Ukrainian President warns of potential Russian attacks on nuclear power plants in Ukraine

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned of a potential nuclear disaster in Ukraine due to Russian President Vladimir Putin's plans to attack the country's nuclear power plants. Zelensky stated that Russia is using satellites to gather information about Ukraine's nuclear infrastructure, and that any critical incident in the energy system could lead to a nuclear disaster. This warning comes as Russia steps up its strikes on Ukraine's energy grid, aiming to plunge the country into darkness and cold.

Radosław Sikorski
Polish Foreign Ministry
1. The missile that killed that family was launched from a Russian bomber flying over Russian territory from a Russian airfield. Give me one reason why Ukraine should not be able to take out that bomber and take out that airfield.
2. The victim of aggression has the right to defend itself also on the territory of the aggressor.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukraine Government
1. These are nuclear power plants. They must be safe.
2. Every country, including China, Brazil, European nations, African nations, Middle East, all understand why these must remain in the past. And Ukrainians will never accept, will never accept why anyone in the world believes that such a brutal colonial past, which suits no one today, can be imposed on Ukraine now.
3. If, God forbid, Russia causes a nuclear disaster at one of our nuclear power plants, radiation will not respect state borders.
4. No one could know how Russian strikes on the nuclear facility would end, and everyone in Ukraine was reminded of what Chernobyl means.
5. Recently I received yet another alarming report from our intelligence. Now Putin does seem to be planning attacks on our nuclear power plants and the infrastructure, aiming to disconnect the plants from the power grid.
6. You will not boost your power at Ukraine's expense, and the world has already been through colonial wars and conspiracies of great powers at the expense of those who are small.
7. Just imagine, please, your country, with 80 percent of its energy system gone. … What kind of life would that be?
8. Any missile or drone strike or any critical incident in the energy system could lead to a nuclear disaster. A day like that must never come.
9. Moscow needs to understand this, and this depends in part on your determination to put pressure on the aggressor.
10. Russia has destroyed all our thermal power plants, and a large part of our hydroelectric capacity.
Anthony Blinken
White House
1. We've been working to adapt and adjust depending on the battlefield needs. … We'll continue to do that.
2. Look, every step along the way since before the Russian invasion, we've tried to make sure that Ukraine had what it needed when it needed it to defend against Russian aggression.

Ukrainian President warns of potential Russian attacks on nuclear power plants in Ukraine

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