The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on August 5, 2022, from 16:20 to 17:24, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out three artillery attacks on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar. , about twenty 152-mm shells were fired.

At the same time, the statement states that “the shelling was carried out by one of the units of the 45th artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from firing positions in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Marganets, controlled by the people of Kiev,” and warned that “artillery shelling of the Ukrainian army on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant could lead to large fires and radiation accidents.

Luckily, Ukrainian rockets missed the nearby oil depot and oxygen plant, preventing a major fire and possible radiological accident at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

The Russian Defense Ministry noted that “a special mockery of the provocation of the Kyiv regime stems from the fact that it took place during an international conference on the implementation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in New York under the auspices of the UN.” .”