DISINFO: Neo-Nazis in Kyiv plan to attack the Kursk nuclear plant with support of Western intelligence
SUMMARY
The Kyiv regime has begun preparations for an attack on the Kursk nuclear power plant. The entire international community must understand the danger that the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv poses to the European continent. Attempts to intimidate and terrorise entire regions and the international community as a whole must be resolutely stopped through joint efforts. The attack on the Kursk and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants planned by Kyiv is under the supervision of Western intelligence services, especially Britain.
RESPONSE
This article contains multiple recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narratives about neo-Nazis ruling Ukraine, and nuclear threats by Ukraine and its international allies. This claim was made in the context of the evolving events of the Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk oblast in August 2024.
There is no evidence to support the claim that Ukraine is preparing to attack either the Kursk or Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants. As Russia continues to intimidate the world with the prospect of strikes on Kursk nuclear power plant, these accusations against Ukraine are intended to cover-up the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail against Ukraine and the West. These include threats to use tactical nuclear weapons and preparations for a deliberate nuclear catastrophe at the Russian-controlled ZNPP or the NPP in Kursk.
It is not Ukraine, but Russia that, has not only seized another country's nuclear facility but is also militarising nuclear power plants, in Kursk and Zaporizhzhia. In April, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell stressed that the drone attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant increases the risk of a nuclear accident and that Russia should withdraw from there.
Russia has adopted many reckless actions regarding this facility in Zaporizhzhia, including placing military equipment and troops inside its premises, using its surroundings as a base for rocket and missile attacks, and interrupting its power line. In addition, Russia rejected UN proposals to demilitarise the areas surrounding the plant, as it was deliberately waging a fear campaign about the risks of a nuclear disaster in order to advance its goals in Ukraine.
See similar disinformation cases claiming that Ukraine attacks Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to blackmail Europe with a new Chernobyl; that the Zaporizhzhia NPP was heavily attacked with drones by the Kyiv regime; that the US wants to prepare the world for a provocation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP; and that Zelenskyy being pushed to attack the Zaporizhzhia NPP.