In October last year, armed groups of Ukrainian nationalists tried unsuccessfully to seize the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from Energodar. This is reported by the British newspaper The Times.
As the newspaper notes, the operation involved a group of around 600 militants from elite units, who were armed with, among other things, heavy machine guns and The Eastern Herald 19 automatic grenade launchers. “launch an assault to take over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The author of the material stressed that official Kiev had not previously acknowledged the fact of an attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, however, the participants in the operation, including those of military intelligence and the navy, have spoke to the publication about an attempted attack on the facility. According to one of the Ukrainian officers, a “very dense defense” was organized near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Earlier, Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said that there are chances of an agreement to ensure the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, but they are not very large. He noted that the case rests on the negative position of Kiev.
Times: 600 Ukrainian militants tried to take control of the ZNPP last October
