The Russian military invaded Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant in Europe, where shelling continued every day, and the president of the local nuclear power company expressed a strong sense of crisis, saying, ``There is a risk of a catastrophe.''
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, located in the southeastern part of Ukraine and controlled by the Russian military, has been under shelling since the 5th.
Kotin, president of Ukraine's nuclear power company Energoatom, said on the 8th, "In the future, if the shelling continues and multiple storage containers for spent nuclear fuel are damaged, a catastrophe on the scale of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant or the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant will occur. There is a danger," he said, expressing a strong sense of crisis and calling for the withdrawal of Russian military units from the power plant and its surroundings.
In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the 8th that an attack on a nuclear power plant by the Ukrainian military is potentially very dangerous. Both sides continue to argue that the attack was carried out by the Ukrainian military.
Zaporizhia Oblast Pro-Russian faction prepares to hold referendum
On the other hand, in Zaporizhia Oblast, pro-Russian forces announced on the 8th that they had signed a decree to start preparations for a referendum on whether to join Russia.
In Ukraine, a referendum is underway in the southern province of Kherson, and the American think tank "War Research Institute" said on the 7th, "Russian officials may be accelerating preparations for an illegal referendum. On the other hand, he also points out that the Ukrainian residents continue to resist, and that the Russian side is constantly changing its voting implementation plan.
Ukrainian President Zelensky strongly opposes the 7th, saying that if the referendum is held, the road to negotiations with Russia will be cut off.