The warning on Thursday came as tensions over the status of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant came to the fore.
Ukraine and the international community have warned of the potential for a catastrophic accident at the plant and on Wednesday, Ukraine's Emergency Ministry conducted a nuclear catastrophe exercise in the city of Zaporizhzhia, which is located in southeastern Ukraine on the Dnipro River, in case of an accident.
The ministry added that,"in order to prepare for the provocation," it was deploying radiation observation posts near Zaporizhzhia and organizing training exercises for a number of military units in the region"on measures to be taken in conditions of radioactive contamination of the area."Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter that if Russia was concerned about a disaster at the plant, it could remove its troops immediately.
However, they noted that Zaporizhzhia's reactors are different to those that were in Chornobyl but that, nonetheless, an accident at the plant could have significant consequences for Ukraine.] reactors are not moderated by graphite, but by water, which means they are safer and will not burn in the way of Chernobyl," they said.
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