Go to the media bankZaporozhye NPP in Energodar. File photoSIMFEROPOL, Sep 17Ukrainian troops continue shelling Energodar, seeking to achieve complete isolation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from the energy system of the region, said Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the We Are Together with Russia movement, a member of the main council of the regional administration, to RIA Novosti. it, and isolate the nuclear power plant from the liberated part of the Zaporozhye region,» he said. Rogov recalled that after the Kyiv authorities damaged the power lines that fed the ZNPP, and the last, sixth power unit had to be stopped, the station was switched to power from diesel generators.» Now the lines towards the territory of Ukraine controlled by the Kyiv regime have been restored and the Ukrainian side has resumed replenishing the nuclear power plant. Electricity comes from there. Therefore, they are trying to do everything possible so that the nuclear power plant closes only on their power system,» the agency's interlocutor explained.
In Energodar, a spotter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from among the employees of the Zaporizhzhia NPP was detained The supply of Energodar with electricity has not been disrupted — energy is supplied in reverse through Melitopol. The Zaporozhye NPP is the largest in Europe in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. Since March, it has been under the protection of the Russian military. Ukrainian troops regularly carry out artillery strikes on the nearby town of Energodar and in the immediate vicinity of the station. So, on the eve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they fired at the coastline in the area of the nuclear power plant, and at least 15 hits were recorded in Energodar. Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its task «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to him, the ultimate goal is the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of Russia itself. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region and the entire Kherson region. New administrations are working there, Russian TV channels and radio stations are broadcasting, and the ruble has been put into circulation. Both regions have announced plans to become part of Russia.
