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| IAEA inspectors confirmed strikes on Zaporizhia NPP for the first time since 2022 |
| 2024-04-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors stationed at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant confirmed at least three direct hits on the site for the first time since November 2022, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said. "Today, for the first time since November 2022... IAEA inspectors at the Zaporozhye NPP confirmed that there were at least three direct hits to the containment structure of the main reactor of the Zaporozhye NPP," Grossi wrote on his page on the social network X on April 7. Earlier, Rafael Grossi called the attack on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant reckless and stressed that attacks on the facility seriously increase the risk of a nuclear accident and must be stopped immediately. As Regnum reported, on Sunday morning, drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the infrastructure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as a result of which three employees of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant were injured. The object did not receive critical damage, the radiation background did not change. The Russian state corporation Rosatom categorically condemned this attack and called on the leadership of the IAEA and the international community to respond to what happened. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, called on the Kiev regime to stop attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities, making attempts to attack the facility, do not realize that in this way they are committing an act of nuclear terrorism. More from regnum.ru Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine declared that Kyiv was not involved in the attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant A representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Andrei Yusov, said that Kiev was allegedly not involved in the attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) on April 7. "Ukraine is not involved in any armed provocations on the territory of... the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant," the Ukrayinska Pravda publication quotes a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense as saying. As Regnum reported, on Sunday morning, drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the infrastructure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as a result of which three employees of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant were injured. The object did not receive critical damage, the radiation background did not change. The Russian state corporation Rosatom categorically condemned this attack and called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the world community to respond to the threat to the safety of the Zaporizhia NPP. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, called on the Kiev regime to stop the attacks and emphasized that the Ukrainian authorities, when carrying out attacks on the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, do not realize that in this way they are committing an act of nuclear terrorism. The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, called the drone attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant reckless. He noted that attacks on the facility seriously increase the risk of a nuclear accident and must be stopped immediately. Even more from regnum.ru Zakharova called on the curators of Kyiv to stop the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporizhzhya NPP Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova commented on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The diplomat called on the curators of the Kyiv regime to stop the attacks, noting that they are unlikely to realize that their charges are committing an act of nuclear terrorism. "How many more times should the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant so that the West and the monster Zelensky, fed by it, stop repeating this deadly act of their bloody tent?" — the diplomat wrote in the Telegram channel. As Regnum reported, on April 7, Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attacked the Zaporizhzhya NPP in the area of ​​the canteen 20 minutes after the planned inspection of the territory by IAEA experts, as a result of which a truck unloading food was damaged. Later, two more drones attacked the station’s cargo port area and the dome of the sixth power unit. The structure did not suffer critical damage, and the radiation background did not change. Later, the Rosatom corporation announced a direct threat to the safety of the station. Three employees were injured due to unprecedented drone attacks. The day before the attacks, the head of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on issues of sovereignty, Vladimir Rogov, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on the station were connected with the desperation of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, who, in his opinion, intends to use nuclear terrorism to cause a resonance in the world and attract to Kiev attention. Zaporozhye NPP has been under the control of Rosenergoatom JSC since October 2022. The nuclear power plant is located near Energodar on the shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir and consists of six power units. Since March 2022, Zaporizhia NPP has been under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. |
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