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Russian missile strike hits residential building in Zaporizhzhia

Kyiv intelligence has claimed today that Moscow is planning a false flag terror attack on a Belarus nuclear plant. It will then seek to blame the attack on Ukraine and NATO. 

Vladimir Putin’s forces will target the Astravets power plant in the Grodno region alongside infrastructure in Brest, as explained by the report from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence (GUR MOU).

The state-run power plant, located near the Belarus and Lithuanian border, is located just 25 miles from Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.

The proximity means any potential strike could involve the possibility of a radiation leak into a NATO country.

President Putin has regularly been accused throughout the war of staging false flag attacks to justify huge escalations.

The intelligence report explained: “It is known that in the near future a number of terrorist attacks are planned on the territory of Belarus, artificially provoked man-made disasters on critical infrastructure objects. 

“The place of alleged ‘incidents’ is the territory bordering the borders of the EU countries and Ukraine, in particular, Grodno and Brest oblasts. 

“One of the main targets is the Belarusian nuclear power plant Astrovets.”

The report goes on to claim the perpetrators will be disguised in Belarussian military uniforms.

Belarus might also be drawn into the war as a result of the “terror attack” the report explains.

It comes as Volodymyr Zelensky urged other Nato members today to protect Ukraine’s nuclear plants from Russian destruction.

Zaporizhzhia, a Russian-controlled territory in Ukraine, contains a power plant which was rocked by heavy shelling yesterday.

In a video address to NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly in Madrid, Zelensky said: “All our nations are interested in not having any dangerous incidents at our nuclear facilities.

“We all need guaranteed protection from Russian sabotage at nuclear facilities,” he added. 

The city, located in Southern Ukraine, was shelled on Saturday and Sunday, causing some concern about the possibility of a serious nuclear incident only 300 miles from Chernobyl. 

Both countries blame each other for the attack in Zaporizhzhia. 

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, said such attacks risked a major disaster and warned they were “playing with fire.”

On Monday, Russia said the shelling of the plant in Zaporizhzhia could lead to a serious nuclear accident, continuing to blame Ukraine.

Following the shelling, Zelensky also called for new EU sanctions against Moscow over what it called its “genocide policy”, as Russian forces bomb civil infrastructure.

The facility, which provided a fifth of Ukraine’s electricity before Russia’s invasion, has been forced to operate on back-up generators several times since it was occupied by Russian forces soon after the war began.

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