Kyiv: Russia planning false flag operation

Russian forces are preparing to carry out a “false flag” operation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Ukraine’s military has said, after a drone struck the facility and hiked fears over its fate given its location on the front line of fighting.

Moscow is “preparing to carry out another provocation” at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a statement Sunday. This provocation would be part of a false flag operation intended to blame Ukraine, Kyiv’s armed forces said, citing intelligence data.

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