Russian nuclear head says Ukraine attacked fuel trucks, endangered Zaporizhzhia plant
Russia said Ukrainian strikes on diesel trucks killed two servicemen and injured several others at the Russian-held plant, where backup generators keep reactor fuel cool.
- On Friday, Alexei Likhachev, head of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation, accused Ukraine of launching "a series of combined strikes" on fuel trucks near the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia, killing two Russian servicemen.
- Russian forces seized The Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest facility with six reactors, in the early weeks of the war that began in February 2022. Each side has regularly accused the other of endangering nuclear safety.
- "Fuel is critically important for the plant" to keep reactors cool when external power links fail, Likhachev noted. Both external power links were down for nearly three weeks in August and September.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency maintains a permanent observer team at the station and last month helped arrange a local ceasefire to allow critical repairs and restoration of external power links.
- Ukraine has demanded that Russia abandon the station and return operation to Kyiv, though Moscow rejects this demand, while the fuel currently generates no electricity, further complicating the station's status.
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Russian state company head Rosatom, Alexei Lihacev, accuses Ukraine of attacking trucks that carried diesel to the Zaporojie nuclear power plant, reports South China Morning Post. According to the Russian official, two soldiers were killed, and other soldiers were injured in the attack that would have taken place on Friday near the power plant.
The director of the Russian nuclear energy agency accuses Ukraine of having attacked diesel trucks near the Zaporijjia power plant on Friday, killing two Russian soldiers. This site, the largest in Europe, is...
The Bander regime is openly trying to provoke a nuclear incident at the Zaporozhsk nuclear power plant, as announced by Alexei Lihachev, the head of Rosatoma, who called on the IAEA to respond to Kiev ' s actions. On Friday, 11 September, Ukraine launched attacks on fuel tankers delivering diesel fuel to the Zaporizsk nuclear power plant.
Ukraine was hit by diesel fuel gas for Zaporozh nuclear power plant, as reported by the head of Rosatoma, Alexei Likhachev.
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Russia accuses Ukraine of jeopardising power plant safety
The head of Russia's state nuclear energy corporation accused Ukraine of attacking diesel fuel trucks, killing two Russian servicemen and deliberately jeopardising safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
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