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Ukraine claims Russia is plotting ‘a provocation’ at nuclear plant, offers no evidence

By Associated Press May 28, 2023, 9 News,

Ukraine’s military intelligence has claimed, without offering evidence, that Russia is plotting a “large-scale provocation” at a nuclear power plant it occupies in the southeast of the country with the aim of disrupting a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive.

A statement released by the intelligence directorate of Ukraine’s Defence Ministry claimed that Russian forces would strike the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, and then report a radioactive leak in order to trigger an international probe that would pause the hostilities and give the Russian forces the respite they need to regroup ahead of the counteroffensive………………………………………………….. https://www.9news.com.au/world/ukraine-claims-russia-is-plotting-a-provocation-at-nuclear-plant-offers-no-evidence/1f4512db-127f-4065-96ab-4db90cd60065
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May 29, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, Ukraine