Ukraine and Russia on Sunday blamed each other for recent shelling at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Ukraine’s national nuclear power company Energoatom said in a statement Sunday that Russian shelling has hit the plant’s infrastructure more than 12 times.
Energoatom said “the nature and list of damaged equipment” at the plant indicate that the aim was to disable “exactly the infrastructure that was necessary to launch power units 5 and 6 and resume electricity production by Zaporizhzhia NPP for the needs of Ukraine.”
Russia’s Ministry of Defense also reported shelling at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Saturday and Sunday, saying it was the result of artillery fired by the Ukranian military.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed the shelling was carried out from the area of the town of Marganets, near Dnipro, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “The enemy’s firepower was suppressed by return fire from Russian artillery units,” Russia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
CNN is not able to verify the claims by Energoatom and the Russian Defense Ministry.
Credit: cnn.com
