On Saturday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered Russian President Vladimir Putin the mediation of Ankara in order to resolve the crisis surrounding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian military forces.
President Erdogan announced that Turkey would be happy to mediate in the situation surrounding the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, similar to how it facilitated the establishment of an agreement on grain exports when grain shipments were hindered by the war
said the statement of the Turkish president.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced at a press conference on Saturday that, despite the presence of representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ukrainian troops attempted to recapture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during their attack on Friday night. More than 250 Ukrainian navy soldiers tried to land on the shore of a lake near the facility in southern Ukraine at 11 p.m., according to Moscow. According to the ministry, Russian troops foiled the attack by deploying military helicopters and fighter jets, during which they destroyed twenty Ukrainian watercraft, and the other Ukrainian ships scattered and repelled the attack.
The IAEA sent a delegation to the nuclear power plant this week because of fears that the escalation of fighting there could lead to a Chernobyl-style nuclear accident at Europe's largest nuclear facility.
At dawn on Saturday, there was a power outage at the nuclear power plant again, as one of the important electrical lines was destroyed in the continuous artillery attack, and the shots also penetrated the area around the facility, pro-Russian local authorities reported on Saturday.
The Dneprovskaya power line was hit. The nuclear power plant is connected to its own power supply
Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Kremlin-appointed regional administrative leadership, wrote on his Telegram account. He added that one of the mines hit in the area between the two reactors.
Cover photo: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo: MTI/EPA/Stephanie Lecocq)
Source: mno.hu
