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| Russia vows harsh response if Ukraine attacks Kursk nuclear plant | Russia vows harsh response if Ukraine attacks Kursk nuclear plant |
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| Any attempt by Kiev to trigger a global disaster will be met with an immediate retaliation | Any attempt by Kiev to trigger a global disaster will be met with an immediate retaliation |
| The Russian military will unleash a swift retaliation if Ukraine launches an attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant, located not far from the frontline following Kiev’s cross-border incursion, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has warned. | The Russian military will unleash a swift retaliation if Ukraine launches an attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant, located not far from the frontline following Kiev’s cross-border incursion, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has warned. |
| In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said it was taking very seriously reports of Kiev’s plans to attack the Kursk NPP, located about 90 km from the Ukraine-Russia border, which has become the scene of fierce fighting in recent days. | |
| According to the military, the purpose of such a “provocation” would be to accuse Russia of attacking the plant. | |
| “If the Kiev regime begins to realize its criminal plans aimed at creating a man-made disaster in the European part of the continent that would infer the radioactive contamination of vast territories, tough military and military-technical countermeasures will be taken immediately”. | |
| While the ministry did not give details of a possible retaliation, it noted that Kiev’s preparations for an attack on the Kursk plant – which Moscow claims are backed by the West – would contradict a UN resolution on combating nuclear terrorism. | |
| The statement comes after Russian military journalist Marat Khairullin reported on Friday, citing sources, that Kiev was “preparing a nuclear false flag – an explosion of a dirty atomic bomb” which would target “the storage sites of spent nuclear fuel of a nuclear power plant.” | |
| According to the reporter, the strike could be launched on either Russia’s Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar – also not far from the frontline – or the Kursk NPP in Kurchatov. Ukraine has vehemently denied the allegation. | |
| According to Russian officials, the Kursk plant, which is crucial for the power supply of several neighboring regions, continues to operate normally. |