Zaporozhye NPP. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 12The head of the EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that he supported the call for the demilitarization of the zone around the Zaporozhye NPP. Earlier, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Vasyl Nebenzya, said that the demilitarization of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which the UN Secretary General proposes, would make it more vulnerable, including to terrorists — the Russian military. guard. Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, in a conversation with RIA Novosti rejected the initiative to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, calling it a provocation. from the complete withdrawal of Russian troops, and I urge the IAEA to pay a visit,» Borrell wrote on Twitter. The Zaporozhye 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 Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the justification for the Russian military to take under the protection of the power plant from the point of view of preventing leakage of nuclear and radioactive materials. Ukrainian troops have already made several attempts to attack the territory of the nuclear power plant since the beginning of the special operation. Shelling has become more frequent 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. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian artillery fired again on August 7 at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant — a high-voltage line was damaged, the personnel had to reduce the power of two power units. 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
