Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 16 The United States continues to monitor developments around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, but so far has no evidence of anomalous radiation levels at the facility, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. We are concerned about ongoing hostilities at and near civilian nuclear facilities in Ukraine,» Price said during a briefing. According to him, the United States is closely monitoring the work of the station and the situation around this facility. the diplomat stressed that, according to Washington, radiation sensors at the ZNPP continue to transmit data that so far do not indicate an abnormal level of radiation at the station. «Nevertheless, Russia's military actions around it are the pinnacle of irresponsibility,» Price said, urging Moscow to transmit control over the station to Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense on Monday reported that Kyiv was preparing large-scale provocations in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP, for this the Ukrainian command attracted up to a thousand military troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection. 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 protection of the power plant from the point of view of preventing leaks of nuclear and radioactive materials. Ukrainian troops regularly shell Energodar and the territory of the ZNPP. />June 22, 17:18InfographicsInteractive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
