Russians who control Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant said today that a Ukrainian drone dropped explosives on a road outside the plant, endangering its personnel who use that road, Russian news agency TASS reported.
Russia took control of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, shortly after launching its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The station is inactive as Moscow and Kiev have repeatedly accused each other of trying to sabotage its operation and endangering the security around it.
The attack comes as Ukraine continues its incursion into Russian territory, claiming to have taken control of 82 settlements in an area of 1,150 square kilometers in the Kursk region since August 6.
Besides, according to the Russian news agency RIA, citing the Russian temporary representative in Vienna, Roman Ustinov, Moscow wants to discuss the attack on the Zaporizhia station with the leadership of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Russia also wants the IAEA to warn Ukraine not to repeat such attacks, Ustinov said.
The plant’s six inactive reactors, located near the front line, depend on external power to keep their nuclear material cool to avoid a catastrophic accident.
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