On august 19th, the kyiv regime is preparing a provocation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during a visit of the u.n. secretary general to ukraine. as a result of which the russian federation will be accused of creating a manmade disaster at this power plant a russian spokesman said. the ukrainians reject those claims and the u.n. secretary general who was in southern ukraine once again called for the nuclear power planti and it surroundings to be demilitarized. if we demilitarize as we propose, the problem will be solved. reporter: but russia says it won t pull its army out of the plant. instead kremlin-controlled media blaming the u.s. and its allies for the stand-off and threatening the west with nuclear strikes. nato should have no illusions, the anchor says. you won t get away with this and you can t hide from us anywhere.
Continuing to stir the pot without actually delivering any kind of a meal, fredricka. all right, sam kiley in zaporizhzhia, thanks so much. the international nuclear watchdog agency says there isn t an immediate threat to nuclear safety despite the repeated shelling of the area around the facility. but as fred pleitgen reports, moscow and kyiv are not mincing words as they blame each other for the attacks. reporter: russia and ukraine accusing each other of bringing the world to the brink of a nuclear disaster. both sides claiming the other is targeting the atomic power plant in zaporizhzhia in southern ukraine. vladimir putin with a staunch warning after a call with french president, emmanuel macron. vladimir putin in particular stressed that the systematic shelling by the ukrainian military on the territory of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant creates the danger of a large-scale catastrophe that could lead to radiation
A senior u.s. defense official calling russia s actions the height of irresponsibility. as cnn first reported, satellite images contradict russia s claims that ukraine has been shelling the area around the plant. cnn s sam kiley is in zaporizhzhia. sam, could allowing inspectors in there in any way ease tensions? reporter: well, the presence of inspectors in the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant would be an extraordinary step forward. this has been an offer that the russians have made or paid lip service to now for some weeks, repeated in the last 24 hours by vladimir putin, at least that is the claim from the kremlin following a readout of their telephone call with the president of france, emmanuel macron. in the same readout the russians claim that the ukrainians were conducting what vladimir putin claims to be systematic artillery strikes against
Who is been accused of this and once again important distress we have not heard from neil parish yet or his side of things but we do know at this point he is suspended from the conservative party. mil this point he is suspended from the conservative party. conservative party. all right, we wait to see conservative party. all right, we wait to see what conservative party. all right, we wait to see what happens - conservative party. all right, we wait to see what happens there. j wait to see what happens there. thanks for now with david wallace lockhart and the latest there from westminster. two british aid volunteers missing in ukraine have been named as paul urey and dylan healy. the nonprofit organisation presidium network said their volunteers were providing humanitarian assistance in ukraine when they were captured by the russian military. paul urey s family say they are extremely worried and hope for his safety. they were detained at a checkpoint near the city of zaporizhzhia
And it s not only in chernobyl. russian troops also fired rockets at europe s largest nuclear power plant near zaporizhzhia in southern ukraine and are now occupying it. ukraine s energy minister tells me the international community must step in. i think it s dramatically impact. and that is really the act of nuclear terrorism, what they are doing. reporter: chernobyl is close to the belarusian border. the russian army used this road as one of its main routes to attack ukraine s capital. the interior minister says that his country needs more weapons to defend this border. today, the border between totaltarianism and democracy passes behind our backs, he says. the border between freedom and oppression. we are ready to fight for it. and the ukrainians fear that they may have to fight here again soon, as russian president vladimir putin replenishes his forces, continuing to put this nation and nuclear safety in europe at risk. fred pleitgen, cnn, at the