Russia Anticipates Ukrainian Attack on Nuke Plant With Radioactive Missile

Aleksey Danilov, Ukraine’s security chief, said “maximum destruction” of Russian military personnel and hardware is “the number one task”

Kira Rudik, a Ukrainian politician, said Monday that the situation around the plant is incredibly dangerous and Kyiv is preparing for a nuclear explosion by Russia. (IAEA)

A senior Russian atomic energy industry official said in an interview on Tuesday that Moscow is anticipating a Ukrainian attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Renat Karchaa, a senior aide to the head of Rosenergoatom, told Rossiya 24 TV channel that he expects the attack to occur in the overnight hours of 5 July.

“While it’s still dark, Ukrainian forces will attempt an attack on the Zaporozhye plant with long-range high-precision munitions, as well as suicide drones,” he said, according to RT, the Russian outlet. He said Ukraine will employ a Soviet-made Tochka-U tactical ballistic missile filled with radioactive waste collected from the South-Ukrainian nuclear power plant.