Zaporozhye NPP in Energodar. Archival photoENERGODAR (Zaporozhye region), August 7 Kyiv's attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, in case of damage to the power unit, threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents of Ukraine, foreign Europe, and Asia, RIA Novosti was told in the administration of Energodar. Earlier, the city authorities said that on Sunday night, Kyiv troops launched a strike from the Uragan MLRS at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, fragments and a rocket engine fell about 400 meters from the station's operating power unit.
Kyiv strikes at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with a long-range aim»Despite the high level of protection against accidents provided for during the construction of the nuclear power plant, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are making attempts to destroy it or significantly disrupt key functioning processes. Every day, artillery strikes are inflicted closer to the power units, which poses a direct threat to the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians on the territory of Ukraine, as well as the countries of Europe and Asia,» the spokesman said. The interlocutor of the agency stressed that the wind rose in this region is directed mainly to the north-west, and in the event of a man-made disaster, the cities of Nikopol, Zaporozhye, Krivoy Rog, as well as most of the western regions of Ukraine, will be in the radius of radiation damage first of all , then the entire continent will suffer. «In the current situation, the city administration, as well as the regional administration, calls on the Armed Forces of Ukraine to ensure the safety of civilians, immediately stop firing at the infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, thereby eliminating the risk of accidents and stopping further provocations in relation to civilian atom» , — the representative of the administration emphasized.
