The wreckage of a Ukrainian kamikaze drone shot down in Energodar near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 10 The head of the Energoatom company (the operator of Ukrainian nuclear power plants), Petr Kotin, did not rule out that Ukrainian troops could fire at the power lines at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant if it was connected to the Russian power system.According to Kotin , the Russian specialists who control the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are preparing to connect it to the Russian power grid.The State Duma blamed the United States for the shelling of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. At the same time, he promised that the station could not be prepared for connection to the Russian energy system, in this, according to him, the Ukrainian military would help. «It will be the right decision from the point of view of Ukraine — to interrupt the lines they are going to connect. I think our armed forces will be ready to do this if the need arises,» he said in an interview published on the RBC Ukraine website. 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 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 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 Sunday night, 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 about the shelling of the ZNPP. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the artillery of Ukraine fired again at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on August 7 — the high-voltage line was damaged, the personnel had to reduce the capacity of two power units. Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on August 11 in connection with the strikes Kyiv at the Zaporozhye NPP, a source in the permanent mission of the Russian Federation told reporters earlier. During the special operation, the Russian military took control of the Kherson region and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. New administrations have been formed in both regions, Russian TV channels and radio stations are broadcasting, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. The regions announced their plans to become part of Russia.
The authorities of the Zaporozhye region accused Kyiv of deliberately shelling the ZNPP
