
Russia stepping up ‘nuclear blackmail’: plant director
Russia is stepping up "nuclear blackmail" by bombing the site of Ukraine's Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, its director Igor Polovich said Tuesday.
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Russia is stepping up "nuclear blackmail" by bombing the site of Ukraine's Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, its director Igor Polovich said Tuesday.
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