Zelenskyy: We could seize Russian nuclear power plant, but we never wanted to
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukrainian forces could have captured the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Russia's Kursk Oblast, though he noted that there was no intention to do so. Source: Zelenskyy speaking to journalists in Iceland Quote: "Russia thinks that they are very strong, but if we wanted to occupy their nuclear station, we [would have done it].
We could do it, but we never wanted [to].
Because we understand what it means. [We would be] the same as Russia.
We are not occupying their critical infrastructure, [as] they did with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station."
Advertisement:Background:
- In August, Ukrainian forces launched the Kursk offensive, which resulted in the capture of dozens of settlements, in particular the town of Sudzha.
- A Russian media outlet claimed that the KNPP was being prepared for defence due to the approach of Ukrainian units.
- Entry to the city of Kurchatov, which houses the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Kursk Oblast, was restricted.
- Kurchatov is located near Kursk, approximately 40 km from the territory controlled by Ukrainian forces.
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