Moscow
\nThe Russian military will unleash a swift retaliation if Ukraine launches an attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has warned. The nuclear facility is located not far from the frontline following Kiev\u2019s cross-border incursion into Russia.
\nIn a statement on Saturday, the ministry said it was taking very seriously reports of Kiev\u2019s plans to attack the Kursk NPP, located about 90 km from the Ukraine-Russia border, which has become the scene of fierce fighting in recent days.
\nAccording to the military, the purpose of such a \u201cprovocation\u201d would be to accuse Russia of attacking the plant.
\n\u201cIf the Kiev regime begins to realize its criminal plans aimed at creating a man-made disaster in the European part of the continent that would infer the radioactive contamination of vast territories, tough military and military-technical countermeasures will be taken immediately\u201d.
\nWhile the ministry did not give details of a possible retaliation, it noted that Kiev\u2019s preparations for an attack on the Kursk plant \u2013 which Moscow claims are backed by the West \u2013 would contradict a UN resolution on combating nuclear terrorism.
\nThe statement comes after Russian military journalist Marat Khairullin reported on Friday, citing sources, that Kiev was \u201cpreparing a nuclear false flag \u2013 an explosion of a dirty atomic bomb\u201d which would target \u201cthe storage sites of spent nuclear fuel of a nuclear power plant.\u201d
\nAccording to the reporter, the strike could be launched on either Russia\u2019s Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar \u2013 also not far from the frontline and the largest facility of its type in Europe \u2013 or the Kursk NPP in Kurchatov. Ukraine has vehemently denied the allegations.
\nAccording to Russian officials, the Kursk plant, which is crucial for the power supply of several neighboring regions, continues to operate normally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Moscow The Russian military will unleash a swift retaliation if Ukraine launches an attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has warned. The nuclear facility is located not far from the frontline following Kiev\u2019s cross-border incursion into Russia. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said it was taking very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-425699","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n