“It is reliably known that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is preparing large-scale provocations in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP,” Mizintsev said.
According to him, a separate regiment of troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection in the amount of up to 1 thousand military personnel arrived in the city of Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, to implement provocations.
He added that the Ukrainian military is equipped with special sets of protective equipment for operations in conditions of radioactive contamination of the area.
They are also equipped with technical means of RCB reconnaissance and control.
Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held telephone conversations with UN Secretary General António Guterres, during which the parties discussed the conditions for the safe operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.