Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Rosatom said a food delivery driver was killed and two plant facilities were struck, while officials said there was no threat to nuclear safety.
- On Monday, Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, killing a food delivery driver. Alexei Likhachev, director general of Rosatom, confirmed the targets included a laboratory and radioactive waste processing plant, though he reported no nuclear safety threat.
- Russia seized the plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, during its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Since then, Moscow and Kyiv have regularly accused each other of military actions compromising nuclear safety.
- On Saturday, plant management reported that Ukrainian shelling damaged external power supply equipment over recent weeks. The facility requires external power to keep nuclear fuel cool and is currently operating on emergency diesel generators.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Western countries of enabling attacks by failing to condemn them. She wrote that the West is "effectively facilitating new attacks" through their lack of appropriate response.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly attempted to secure a ceasefire around the plant to enable power grid repairs. Monitors remain stationed at Zaporizhzhia and three other operating plants in Ukraine.
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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Regional Media News
MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight on Monday, but there is no threat to nuclear safety, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said. Alexei Likhachev, director general of Rosatom, [...]
In the alleged attack, a driver was killed and the power supply of the nuclear power plant occupied by Russia was damaged.
Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
MOSCOW, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight on Monday, but there is no threat to nuclear safety, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporati...
The administration of the Zaporozhie nuclear power plant reported impacts near reactors 4, 5 and in the radioactive waste area.
On Monday night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an attack on the strategic facilities of the Zaporozh nuclear power plant, which targeted the laboratory building No. 2 and the radioactive waste treatment building, as reported by the ZAES administration on its "Max" page.
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