Putin: And if Russia responds in a mirror way to the shelling of the Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants?

The shelling of Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants by the Ukrainian Armed Forces is a dangerous terrorist attack. This was stated at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"One can only imagine what will happen in Europe if Russia starts responding in a mirror way to the shelling of the Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants," the Russian leader said during his speech.

He stressed that the shelling of nuclear power plants is a very dangerous terrorist attack.

This summer, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively shelling and hitting satellite cities and facilities of the Kursk and Zaporozhye nuclear power plants with drones.

In August and September, the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, visited the stations to familiarize himself with the consequences. Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on the cooling tower of the Zaporozhye NPP and the subsequent fire could cause irreparable damage to the station's water supply. The positions still differ in determining the culprits of what is happening at the station, the head of the state corporation said.

The IAEA is requesting additional data, but we need to go further and we should not be afraid to say where it comes from, Alexei Likhachev believes.