“This is pure populism, a certain hysteria ... It is possible that they will try to strike on their own, put such air defense systems on their own and strengthen the areas around the nuclear power plant,” RIA Novosti quotes him.
At the same time, he stressed that no one really plans to strike at nuclear power plants.
“Here we don’t have suicides in this direction, although everything is possible to expect from the Ukrainian authorities,” he added.
Earlier, the Ukrainian operator Energoatom opposed the visit of the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi to the Zaporozhye NPP.
Energoatom also drew attention to the fact that Russians make up almost a quarter of the IAEA leadership - about 100 people.