China called on the parties to the conflict to ensure security at nuclear facilities. “We will monitor the situation and urge all parties to exercise restraint, avoid escalation and ensure the safety of nuclear facilities,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday urged “all parties” to ensure the security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine. Earlier, Ukrainian services reported a fire at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as a result of a Russian missile attack.
“We will monitor the situation and urge all parties to exercise restraint, avoid escalation and ensure the safety of nuclear facilities,” Wang said at a regular briefing in Beijing, Reuters quoted him as saying.
Incident and Crisis Center
The International Atomic Energy Agency launched the Center for Incidents and Crisis Situations in Connection with the Fire at the Zaporozhye NPP, which will operate around the clock.
Early in the morning, a fire was extinguished at the Energodara nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye, Ukraine. It is the largest complex of its type in Europe. Russians fired at him at night; rockets hit the training buildings. Experts assure that there is no danger of a nuclear explosion or an increase in radiation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed in a statement yesterday that such sensitive infrastructure had never been attacked before.
The power plant in Energodar has six nuclear units, each with a capacity of 950 MW. – The Russians use tanks equipped with a thermal imager. They know what they are shooting at, they have prepared for it. I appeal to all Ukrainians, Europeans and all people who know the word Chernobyl. Russia wants to repeat this, but six times more, he added.