Kirill Budanov, the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, acknowledges that the threat of sabotage or an accident at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant exists, as the occupants have additionally mined the cooling system.
Source: Budanov during a telethon broadcast.
Direct speech by Budanov: “Unfortunately, at the moment, there is indeed a certain threat (of sabotage or an accident – eds.) that exists. Certain. Because the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was and remains under temporary control of the occupiers.”
Details: According to him, firstly, by destroying the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station, the Russians disrupted the normal water supply to the cooling systems that operate at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
And secondly, during the time that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been under the control of the occupiers, it has been additionally mined, particularly the cooling system was mined.
“If they disable it (the cooling system) by means of an explosion, there is a high probability that significant problems will arise,” noted Budanov.