Russia: Ukrainian security and nationalists plan to blow up experimental nuclear reactor in Kharkiv

MOSCOW, March 07 (YPA) – The Security Forces of Ukraine, along with  militants of the Azov battalion, are preparing a provocation that could cause possible radioactive contamination in the Kharkiv region, Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The statement noted that “nationalists mined a reactor at an experimental nuclear system located at the [National Research Center of] Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology.”

“The Ukrainian military and the Azov battalion militants are planning to blow up the reactor and accuse the Russian Armed Forces of allegedly launching a missile strike on an experimental nuclear system,” the Russian defense ministry stressed.

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