KYIV, Ukraine — Tensions around the nuclear power plant on the front lines of the war in Ukraine escalated sharply on Thursday, as the Russian and Ukrainian militaries traded charges that each was preparing to stage an attack on the plant in coming days, risking a catastrophic release of radiation.
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that the Ukrainian military was preparing a “terrorist attack” on the sprawling Zaporizhzhia power plant complex on the Dnipro river, prompting the Ukrainian military intelligence agency to respond that the Russian warning was in fact a pretext for Moscow to stage a “provocation” of some kind there on Friday.
#Ukraine: The first documented loss of a Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun, after being hit by counter-battery fire from the Ukrainian 44th Artillery Brigade. pic.twitter.com/FZn9wxF6xH
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) August 18, 2022
