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Russia says Ukraine drone struck Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Russia says Ukraine drone struck Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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Rosatom reported that a Ukrainian drone struck the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, but said no critical equipment was damaged. Kyiv military officials denied that an attack had taken place.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy
Ukraine Government
1. Tonight, our soldiers applied Ukraine's long-range sanctions against an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia — approximately 700 kilometers (435 miles) from the front line. A significant achievement.
Ukrainian Armed Forces
1. Ukrainian servicemen act strictly within the international humanitarian law and are fully aware of the ‌consequences ‌of any actions targeting nuclear facilities.
2. It is the Russian Federation that has illegally kept the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant under military control since March 2022, turning a civilian nuclear facility into an element of military infrastructure.
Ukraine Foreign Ministry
1. It is unclear why Ukraine would strike its own nuclear power plant located on its own territory, which it itself seeks to regain under its sovereign control.
International Atomic Energy Agency
1. During a site walk down, the team saw damage to a metal access hatch located several levels up in the building, as well as a few pieces of debris and burned optical fiber remains on the ground.
Rafael Grossi
International Atomic Energy Agency
1. Attacking nuclear sites is like playing with fire.
2. There should be no attack of any kind from or against the plant.
Alexei Likhachev
Rosatom
1. The explosion caused no ‌damage to the primary equipment; however, it tore a hole in the turbine hall wall.
2. This afternoon, a Ukrainian kamikaze combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Power Unit No 6, resulting in ⁠a subsequent detonation.

Russia says Ukraine drone struck Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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