The occupiers want to use “scorched earth” tactics.
Yusov confirmed the information that the Russians are mining the power units of the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
“These are already official confirmations from the international community as well that the IAEA and the UN are not monitoring the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. international investigations have been made public, which clearly show how the Russians bring weapons, equipment and explosives to the territory of the power units. This is nuclear blackmail. Today, the whole world, like Ukraine, should sound the alarm to stop the possible repetition of various scenarios,” he said on the air of the national telethon.
He also confirmed that the Russian occupation forces are preparing to retreat from Kherson, so they are mining critical infrastructure facilities.
The nuclear power plant in Energodar has been under Russian control since it was captured by the occupying forces.
“After midnight, the Russian army shelled the Nikopol area with Grad missiles (Soviet-made), and the Kryvyi Rih area with barrel artillery.” , – Valentyn Reznichenko wrote in Telegram.
Another Russian missile strike overnight damaged unspecified infrastructure in the regional center of Zaporizhzhia.
On Thursday, Russia fired 60 rockets at Nikopol, damaging 50 residential buildings in the city of 107,000 and leaving residents without electricity.
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Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned this week that the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP is becoming more and more dangerous every day.
” All principles of nuclear safety were violated at the station,” he said.
He expressed concern about how the facility was being operated and the danger posed by the fighting around it. Experts at the US-based Institute for the Study of War said that Russia is deliberately shelling the area, “putting Ukraine in a difficult position”.
The Ukrainian company that operates the nuclear power plant said on Saturday that Russian troops are using the plant's basement to hide. from Ukrainian shelling, and they do not let their Ukrainian employees there.
“Ukrainian personnel do not yet have access to these premises, so in the event of new shelling, people have no shelter and are in danger,” the Ukrainian state-owned enterprise “Energoatom” reported on its Telegram channel.
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Energoatom said on Friday that Russian missiles had damaged facilities at the plant, including a nitrogen-oxygen plant and a high-voltage power line. As a result of the shelling, the 4th power unit of the Zaporizhzhya NPP was disconnected from the power system and transferred to the reserve.
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