Cooling pool units at the Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 11The United States supports the initiative to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing an unnamed State Department official. to return full control over them to Ukraine, and we also support Ukraine's calls for the creation of a demilitarized zone around the nuclear power plant,» the representative of the American diplomatic agency said.»Chernobyl is flowers.» Kyiv has brought the world to the brink of nuclear catastropheRussia completely rejects statements by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken that it allegedly uses the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as a military base, follows from the comment of the Russian delegation at the NPT Review Conference. The actions of the Russian armed forces in no way harm the nuclear safety in Ukraine and do not interfere with the normal operation of the plant. Ukrainian troops have made several attempts to attack the territory of the nuclear power plant since the start of the special operation. Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on July 12 that Ukrainian militants had carried out strikes near the ZNPP, a provocation organized by Kyiv's Western curators that endangered millions of Ukrainians. Shelling has increased since August 5. On the night of August 7, Ukrainian troops launched a strike from the Uragan MLRS at the ZNPP, fragments and a rocket engine fell about 400 meters from the station’s operating power unit, Energodar authorities reported. Two power units are not operating at full capacity after the shelling. The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, expressed concern over the shelling of the ZNPP. The Zaporizhzhya NPP is located on the left bank of the Dnieper near the city of Energodar. This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. Six power units are installed at the station. ZNPP has been guarded by the Russian military since March. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation emphasized the justification for the Russian military to take under the protection of the power plant from the point of view of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials. for Zaporozhye NPP
