Moscow claims Ukrainian drones hit Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

The Russian administration in the partially occupied Zaporizhia region said today that Ukraine had launched a drone attack on a nuclear power plant without damaging its reactor.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm this information and Ukrainian officials had no comment.

Ukraine accuses Moscow of deploying an army and storing military equipment at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The station is located near the town of Enerhodar, in Russian-occupied territory.

Vladimir Rogov, who is a member of the Russian command, wrote on Telegram that three Ukrainian “kamikaze” drones hit the station. Speaking to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, he said the reactor section of the station was not damaged.

Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power company Energoatom, whose employees continue to operate the plant even though the site is under Russian control, later issued a statement accusing Russian forces of requesting access to the three reactors’ turbine sites to store equipment and tanks. Energoatom claims, without presenting evidence, that Russian forces are doing this because they fear “gifts” from the Ukrainian armed forces, namely targeted strikes. The company had no comment on the alleged drone attack.

SOURCE: AMPE

Source: Capital

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