Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the leaders of the U.S.-led transatlantic Nato defense alliance should discuss Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week. | Reuters
Banners displaying the NATO logo are placed at the entrance of new NATO headquarters during the move to the new building, in Brussels, Belgium April 19, 2018. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday that the leaders of the U.S.-led transatlantic Nato defense alliance should discuss Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant at their summit this week. Nato leaders will meet in Vilnius on July 11-12 to tackle a wide range of topics, from divisions over Ukraine’s membership bid and Sweden’s accession to boosting ammunitions stockpiles and reviewing the first defense plans in decades.Accusing Ukraine of “systematic infliction of damage” to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Zakharova said that “the Nato summit’s key attention should be devoted to it.
“After all, the vast majority of the alliance members will be in the direct impact zone” , Zakharova said on the Telegram messaging app.
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