 Russia has 'no red lines' on what they will attack and this includes Europe's biggest nuclear plant, Ukraine has said. Energy minister Herman Halushchenko said Moscow's alleged attack on the Kakhovka dam in May proves how far Vladimir Putin is willing to go. Mr Halushchenko told how he and president Volodymyr Zelensky had raised the alarm about the Russians possibly planting mines to blow up the dam last October. He added: 'For many, many people it sounded ridiculous… and when it happened everybody understood that there are no red lines for them. 'And of course, it's all connected to the counter-offensive operation, and after Kakhovka, the one tool which they still have is Zaporizhzhia.' The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was seized in March 2022, during the first weeks of the war, and fears about a catastrophic incident akin to the Chernobyl disaster have circulated ever since. Both Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused the other of shelling the site, but Mr Zelensky said last week Kyiv has new evidence about an 'upcoming attack'. Ukrainian energy minister Herman Halushchenko repeated worries about an attack on Zaporizhzhia (Picture: AP) To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Citing intelligence reports, Mr Zelensky alleged Russian troops had placed 'objects resembling explosives' atop several power units to 'simulate' an attack. The Associated Press looked into drone and satellite images which showed white objects on the roof of the plant's fourth power unit, but image experts could not identify them. Jeffrey Lewis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute who specialises in satellite images, said if the objects do turn out to be a bomb, it is unlikely to cause serious damage to the reactor. Ukraine started accusing the Kremlin of plotting a 'large-scale provocation' at the nuclear power plant, in the southeast Kherso){kind=link}
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Russia has ‘no red lines’ on what they will attack and this includes Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, Ukraine has said.
Energy minister Herman Halushchenko said Moscow’s alleged attack on the Kakhovka dam in May proves how far Vladimir Putin is willing to go.
Mr Halushchenko told how he and president Volodymyr Zelensky had raised the alarm about the Russians possibly planting mines to blow up the dam last October.
He added: ‘For many, many people it sounded ridiculous… and when it happened everybody understood that there are no red lines for them.