Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev has issued a veiled threat to Ukraine’s Western allies who have accused Russia of creating the risk of a nuclear catastrophe by stationing forces around the Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia power station.
12 AUGUST 2022 • 3:39PM
An Orthodox priest prays at the graves of unidentified civilians during their funeral at a local cemetery in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region, on Thursday CREDIT: ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP
An Orthodox priest prays at the graves of unidentified civilians during their funeral at a local cemetery in the city of Bucha, Kyiv region, on Thursday CREDIT: ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP
Ukraine has accused Russia of firing at Ukrainian towns from the site in the knowledge that Ukrainian forces could not risk returning fire. It says Moscow has shelled the area itself while blaming Ukraine.
Russia says it is Ukraine that has shelled the plant.
“They [Kyiv and its allies] say it’s Russia. That’s obviously 100 per cent nonsense, even for the stupid Russophobic public,” Mr Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, wrote on his Telegram channel.
“They say it happens purely by chance, like ‘We didn’t mean to’,” he added. “What can I say? Let’s not forget that the European Union also has nuclear power plants. And accidents can happen there, too.”
