Multiple Ukrainian explosive-laden drones targeted the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Sunday. Several locations across the facility were hit, with at least three employees injured in the attack, Russia’s nuclear energy agency Rosatom said in a statement on Sunday. The nuclear power station, Europe’s largest, came under Moscow’s control in …
Read More »Last power unit switched off at Zaporozhye nuclear plant
The last working power unit was switched off at the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power station early on Sunday, the local authorities and the plant’s Ukrainian operator said. The sixth reactor “was stopped at 3:45am. Now it doesn’t generate electricity,” Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Zaporozhye Region administration, told RIA-Novosti. …
Read More »Situation at Zaporozhye nuclear plant ‘increasingly precarious’ – UN
The attacks on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant must stop, Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said, warning of a looming “nuclear accident” at the site. In a statement on Friday, Grossi said a “serious situation” had developed at the plant overnight when …
Read More »Moscow reveals details of latest Ukrainian attack on Zaporozhye nuclear plant
Russia’s defense ministry has confirmed that Ukraine has made yet another attempt to take over the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant late on Friday, revealing some details of Kiev’s operation, which failed. Over 40 motor boats, divided into two groups and carrying over 250 Ukrainian special operations troops and foreign mercenaries, …
Read More »Kiev attempts another raid near Zaporozhye nuclear plant – local official
Ukrainian forces launched another raid attempt on the Russian-held town of Energodar shortly after midnight on Saturday, after shelling the area in the vicinity of Zaporozhye nuclear plant, local military-civilian administration member Vladimir Rogov claimed. The Russian Defense Ministry, however, has yet to make any official statements. Several sabotage groups …
Read More »UN team arrives at Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors have reached the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine amid reports of renewed shelling and combat. The Russian news agency RIA Novosti published a video of the convoy with UN experts arriving at Europe’s largest nuclear facility on Thursday. The visit comes …
Read More »Ukrainian troops try to seize Zaporozhye nuclear plant – Russia
Kiev sent commando groups in an attempt to capture the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed. There were two separate “sabotage groups” of up to 60 troops, which used seven boats to cross the Kakhovka Reservoir and land about three kilometers from the nuclear …
Read More »UN inspectors head to Zaporozhye NPP
A delegation of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has left the Ukrainian capital for the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant on Wednesday in order to assess the state of the facility amid fighting between Russia and Kiev’s forces. Before heading off, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told reporters that …
Read More »Ukraine targets possible IAEA route to Zaporozhye – official
Ukrainian forces are shelling a potential route of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission, which is set to examine the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant this week, local authorities claimed on Tuesday. Zaporozhye Region council member Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti that “Ukrainian nationalists are targeting locations that could be …
Read More »Timeline for UN mission to Zaporozhye nuclear plant revealed
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has formed a delegation that will visit Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine as early as this week, the watchdog’s chief, Rafael Grossi, announced on Monday. The plant has been under Russian control since March and has been repeatedly shelled by Ukrainian forces. …
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