“I don’t want to say that the Ukrainians also did not fire nearby, because I think that they probably did,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to the speaker, the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is carried out in response to "fire from the Russians."
Earlier it was reported that as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the roof of the special building of the Zaporizhzhya NPP was pierced, where fresh fuel for the plant's reactors is stored.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian troops made an attempt to attack the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant using a drone.
On the evening of August 28, the Ukrainian military shelled the residential areas of Energodar, where the nuclear power plant is located.