President Vladimir Putin on Sunday warned his French colleagues about the potential of “disaster consequences” about what he said was an Ukraine attack on Zaporizhzhia’s nuclear power plant in a region controlled by Russia in Ukraine.
During a telephone call with Emmanuel Macron, Putin “attracted attention to Ukraine regular attacks on nuclear facilities (Zaporizhhia), including radioactive waste storage facilities, which were full of disaster consequences,” Kremlin said in a statement.
The largest nuclear power plant in Europe has become a focus point for battle in recent weeks, increasing concerns about the potential for nuclear incidents.
Putin said the Russian specialist at the factory took steps to ensure his safety and said Moscow was ready to continue working with the UN atomic agent to approve the “non-political” solution for problems in the facility.
In the same call, Macron told Putin that “Russian occupation” was a reason for the risk faced by the factory, according to the French presidency.
Macron asked Putin to pull “heavy and light weapons” from the location, said Elysee.
The Ukraine Nuclear Energy Agency said on Sunday the last reactor in Zaporizhzhia was closed as a safety action.
During the call with Macron, Putin also accused Ukraine forces of using weapons provided by the West to target civil infrastructure in the East Donbas area of Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have launched a major counterattack to win control of the Eastern rebel and pro-Moscow plots this weekend reported that the “difficult” separatist with the KYIV army in the Donetsk region in Donbas.