The deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council says if an alleged Ukrainian attack on a west Russian nuclear plant is confirmed, Moscow could retaliate with strikes on Ukrainian and Eastern European nuclear plants.

Dmitry Medvedev made the remarks on Sunday after some reports pointed to an attempted attack by Ukrainian armed forces against the Smolensk Nuclear Power Plant, which is located three kilometers from the city of Desnogorsk in the Smolensk Region and some 150 kilometers from the city of Smolensk.

"If an attempt to attack the Smolensk NPP (nuclear power plant) with NATO missiles is confirmed, we should consider a scenario of a simultaneous Russian strike on the South Ukrainian NPP, Rivne NPP and Khmelnytsky NPP, as well as on nuclear facilities in Eastern Europe. There is nothing to be ashamed of here," he said on the Telegram messaging app....more below

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