Spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said that the situation in Ukraine in the region where the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is located is “difficult”.
Konashenkov made statements about the activities of the Russian army in the war in Ukraine.
Referring to the situation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Konashenkov said, “A major provocation attempt was made by the Kyiv administration to prevent the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert group to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.” said.
Noting that “sabotage” groups of about 60 people belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces were deployed near the power plant this morning, Konashenkov said that the process of neutralizing this group is about to be completed.
Expressing that the Ukrainian army continues to attack the plant and tries to prevent the IAEA delegation from passing to the plant, Konashenkov said, “The situation in the region where the plant is located is difficult, but it is under control.” said.
“UKRAINE ARMY’S ATTACKS IN THE DIRECTIONS OF MIKOLAYIV AND KRIVORIJSK FAILED”
Stating that the Ukrainian army continues to carry out attacks in the direction of Mykolaiv and Krivorijskiy, Konashenkov claimed that these attacks were “unsuccessful” and said, “Ukrainian forces, 31 tanks, 22 infantry fighting vehicles, 18 armored vehicles, 8 heavy machine gun trucks, 17 special vehicles in the last 24 hours. and lost more than 350 soldiers.” used the phrases.
Claiming that the attack attempt of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv direction was also prevented, Konashenkov claimed that about 50 soldiers were neutralized.
Expressing that more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers and 15 military equipment were destroyed with high-precision weapons in the Donetsk region, Konashenkov stated that 4 management centers and 9 ammunition depots belonging to the Ukrainian army were destroyed in the last 24 hours.
Sharing the information that 8 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were also shot down, Konashenkov said, “To date, 280 aircraft, 151 helicopters, 1852 unmanned aerial vehicles, 371 air defense missile systems, 4 thousand 663 tanks and armored vehicles, 822 multi-barrel rocket launchers, 3 1,363 howitzers and mortars, 5,192 private military vehicles were destroyed. he said. (AA)