According to the operator, the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is occupied by Russian troops, is currently working under the risk of violating radiation and fire protection as a result of heavy shelling.
The operator Enerhoatom announced today that only one of the six reactors is still in operation. Block 6 supplies the Ukrainian power grid and the nuclear power plant itself. Block 5 has been off the grid since Saturday evening because a line was badly damaged by the shelling.
The Russian military administration had also previously announced that only one block of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was still working. According to Enerhoatom, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission there continues. According to the occupying forces, four out of six experts have left the facility.
Enerhoatom complained on Telegram that Russia had stationed military, weapons and ammunition at the site. Ukraine called for international help to persuade Russian forces to withdraw. Russia denies having heavy weapons there and also refuses to return the nuclear power plant because Ukraine cannot guarantee its safety.
