Russia says Ukraine storing arms at nuclear plants, Kyiv denies claim

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen attend a joint drills of armed forces, national guards, border guards and Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) at the border with Belarus, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) on Monday accused Ukraine of storing Western-supplied arms at nuclear power stations across the country, an allegation dismissed as untrue by a senior Ukrainian official.

The Russian spy agency provided no evidence and Reuters was unable to verify the claims.