Ukraine Says Russia Storing Weapons at Occupied Nuclear Plant

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kyiv on Thursday accused Moscow of storing heavy weapons at Europe's largest nuclear power plant in occupied Ukrainian territory,
moved over two dozen pieces of military equipment and ammunition into the engine room of the first reactor."The occupiers continue to
cynically violate all norms and requirements regarding fire, nuclear and radiation safety of the NPP operation, keeping heavy military
equipment, ammunition, weapons and explosives just in the engine room of the power unit of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe," it
"by luck."Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Kyiv was seeking to create "conditions for a nuclear disaster, not only on its
territory, but throughout Europe."The Zaporizhzhia plant in southeast Ukraine is the largest in Europe
positioning of weaponry at the plant came at the expense of fire safety norms and that if Russian ammunition is accidentally ignited, the
consequences would be disastrous."If a fire occurs, for example, due to the accidental detonation of ammunition, then its scale could be
equal to the one that occurred during the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant" in 1986, Energoatom said.Moscow-installed
authorities in the part of Zaporizhzhia region controlled by Russian troops accused Ukraine of "nuclear terrorism" and said they would
appeal to the United Nations.The UN's nuclear watchdog said last month it was planning to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, despite