Russia's Rosatom says Ukrainian drone struck Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Rosatom said the blast caused no damage to key equipment, while the International Atomic Energy Agency requested access to inspect the turbine building.
- On Saturday, the Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom reported that a Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, leaving a hole in a turbine hall wall.
- Captured by Russia in March 2022, the facility remains near the frontline in the southeastern Ukrainian Zaporizhzhia region, where occasional fire during the four-year-long war has raised fears of a nuclear accident.
- Rosatom head Alexei Likhachev called the strike "deliberate," stating a kamikaze combat drone caused a "subsequent detonation" at the turbine hall building without damaging primary equipment.
- While Ukraine provided no immediate comment, Likhachev warned the incident brings the region "one step closer to an incident" that could affect populations far beyond the borders of Russia and Ukraine.
- Ongoing four-year hostilities continue to threaten the facility, with officials warning that such incidents pose safety risks well beyond Europe's immediate borders.
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After a suspected drone impact, however, international observers have not measured any increased radiation on site.
One drone hit the nuclear power plant in Zaporiyia, in the Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, confirmed on Sunday the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Following the alleged drone attack on the Saporischshja nuclear power plant, a team of the International Atomic Energy Agency has not yet been able to detect any increased radioactivity.
Drone Strike Hits Europe’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant
A drone hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, the UN nuclear agency has said, citing local officials. Moscow’s troops captured the plant—Europe’s largest—in the first days of the war in 2022. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) posted on social media that the Russian-run plant’s operator informed it that a drone had hit the turbine building on Saturday, reportedly causing a hole in its wall but …
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Business RecorderDrone hits captured nuclear plant in Ukraine: IAEA
A drone hit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine, the UN nuclear agency confirmed Sunday."The IAEA team at the ZNPP (Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant) observed damage to the exterior of a turbine building which the plant said was hit by a drone strike yesterday," the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency posted on...
One of the facilities at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which has been under Russian control since 2022, was damaged on Saturday. The incident was reported by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which stated that the facility was the target of a drone attack. According to information received by the IAEA from the Russian operator of the power plant, the drone hit the turbine building. The attack reportedly cau…
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