A terrorist russia has finished preparations for a terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

This was stated by Major General Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, in an interview with The New Statesman.

According to him, without cooling, the nuclear reactors could melt in a period of between ten hours and 14 days.

russia also will be able to raise the voltage in the power supply lines to the plant bringing about a nuclear accident on the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

"The plan of terrorist attack on ZNPP is fully drafted and approved. Technical means could be used to speed up the catastrophe," Kyrylo Budanov noted.

The Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reminded that the cooling pond of the ZNPP has been mined by russian troops. He also told that the occupants have deployed vehicles charged with explosives near to four of the six of ZNPP's power units.

“The situation has never been as severe as now,” Kyrylo Budanov underscored.

According to the Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, the order of the aggressor state to commit a terrorist attack on the ZNPP may be caused by the defeat of the russian occupying forces on the left bank of the Dnipro River ― russia considers the creation of a nuclear disaster zone as a safeguard for the further advancement of the Security and Defence Forces of Ukraine.

At the same time, according to Kyrylo Budanov's assessment, there is a risk that russia can carry out a terrorist attack on the ZNPP with radiation leakage as a “preventive measure” in order to stop Ukraine's offensive operation and to freeze the line of contact as it exists.