Foreign Ministry denies Russian allegations that Ukraine is preparing to destroy two of its dams
12 July 2024 22:49
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has denied Russian accusations that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing to blow up the dams of the Kyiv hydroelectric power station and the Kaniv reservoir, allegedly to blame Russia.
This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Earlier, a representative of the occupiers’ diplomatic mission, Maria Zakharova, made this statement.
The day before, the official of the aggressor country claimed that Ukraine was preparing to destroy the dams of the Kyiv hydroelectric power station and the Kaniv reservoir to blame Russia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the accusations absurd and replied that there can be no realistic goal or motive for Ukraine to destroy its own infrastructure or create threats to its own people.
“As for ‘blaming Russia’, the Russian regime is doing an excellent job of that with its own war crimes. The barbaric attack of a Russian missile on children in the main children’s hospital in Ukraine, Okhmatdyt, speaks for itself,” the ministry said.
It stressed that the only reason for the threats to civilians and the destruction of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure is Russian aggression, and if Moscow carries out any criminal intentions against the Kyiv hydroelectric power station dams, Kaniv reservoir or other infrastructure, Russia will be solely responsible.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs believes that the real purpose of such statements by Russia is “an attempt to intimidate Ukrainian society and mislead the international community and the media”.
Russia has demonstrated this strategy many times before: accusing others of what it does or plans to do. Russia’s latest fantasies about the Dnipro dams are a reason for the international community to monitor Russia’s actions even more closely,
– the diplomats explained.
