Ukrainian military provided with PPE over Zaporizhzhya NPP threat, says General Staff

Ukrainian military personnel at the front are being provided with personal protective equipment in case Russia carries out a terrorist attack at the occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, a senior Ukrainian military officer has said.

Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of Ukraine’s General Staff, Oleksiy Hromov, reported the provision of the equipment on July 5.

“In addition, the defense forces have personnel reserves prepared and equipped with modern devices to allow them to perform radiation reconnaissance, control and decontamination of units,” Hromov said.

Foreign objects “resembling explosive devices” have been placed on the outer roof of the third and fourth reactor buildings of the occupied NPP, the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on July 4, adding that Russia is likely preparing to stage a provocation or a false flag operation.

A military spokesperson said the military believes that detonation of these devices cannot damage the reactors themselves, but can be used to accuse Ukraine of shelling the power plant.

As of July 5, the NPP is operating as normal while background radiation in Ukraine remains within normal parameters.

Threat to Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant — Background

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on June 22 that Russia is considering conducting a false flag terrorist attack at the nuclear plant and has “prepared everything for this.”

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The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, said on June 25 that the Russians had completed preparations for a possible terrorist attack at Zaporizhzhya NPP. Explosives have been deployed near four of the NPP’s six reactors.

Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of Enerhodar where the NPP is located, announced on July 2 that a number of employees from Rosatom, Russia’s nuclear operator, as well as local collaborators, had already left the plant.

Ukraine has begun large-scale drills in Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson oblasts, amid the risk of a possible Russian terrorist attack at the plant.

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