# Kiev’s sponsors become accomplices of terrorists attacking Zaporozhye NPP — diplomat

https://mins.news/en/item/27467

- TASS, 2026-08-20 15:09 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2175725

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Western sponsors of the Kiev regime were acting as accomplices to terrorists threatening the physical and nuclear safety of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. She said Kiev was attacking civilians and civilian facilities to divert attention from its battlefield situation and intimidate the population, while supporters of Zelensky’s regime remained silent.

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