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Ukraine says Russia considering ‘terror’ attack at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Ukrainian intelligence agencies had received information showing Russia is considering carrying out a “terrorist” attack at the Zaporozhzhia nuclear plant involving a release of radiation.

In a video statement on the Telegram messenger, he said Ukraine was sharing the intelligence with all its international partners.

“Intelligence has received information that Russia is considering the scenario of a terrorist act at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – a terrorist act with the release of radiation,” he said. “They have prepared everything for this.”

Zelenskiy did not say what evidence the intelligence agencies based their assertion on.

The six-reactor complex, Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, has been under occupation since shortly after Moscow’s forces invaded in February last year.

(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Timothy Heritage)

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