Zelensky's comments come after reports of Russia allegedly plotting an attack on a power plant in Ukraine's Kherson region.
said that if Russia is planning a"terrorist attack" on a major dam in Ukraine's Kherson region it means Russians"are clearly aware" they will face losses in the southern part of the country.said in a report
In a speech on Thursday, Zelensky said Ukrainian officials believe Russians are"preparing for" an attack at the power plant, and that"the aggregates and dam of the Kakhovka HPP were mined by Russian terrorists." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference on August 24, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Zelensky on Thursday said that a power plant in the southern Kherson region was"mined by Russian terrorists.""With this terrorist attack, they can destroy, among other things, even the possibility of supplying water from the Dnipro River to Crimea. In the event of the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP dam, the North Crimean Canal will simply disappear," Zelensky said.
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