Zaporizhzhia: Russian rockets destroyed a portion of the nuclear reactor

• Ukraine’s nuclear agency claims that although a large nuclear power station under Russian control was destroyed, there was no radiation release.
• The largest facility in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, in southern Ukraine, suffered damage, according to Enerhoatom, to a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line.
• Additionally, Ukraine alleges Russian forces are using “terror tactics” by launching rockets from the location in residential neighborhoods.

Ukraine’s nuclear agency claims that although a large nuclear power station under Russian control was destroyed, there was no radiation release.

The largest facility in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, in southern Ukraine, suffered damage, according to Enerhoatom, to a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line.

Additionally, Ukraine alleges Russian forces are using “terror tactics” by launching rockets from the location in residential neighborhoods.

According to a local businessman, there were two rounds of Russian rocket fire on Friday, which caused the site’s operators to withdraw a reactor from the power grid. “Every morning we wake up and realize that they have targeted solely residential homes,” he said.

According to Enerhoatom, “there is a possibility of hydrogen leaking and radioactive particle dispersion.”

“The risk of a fire is high. There are no injuries at the moment “It was ad.

The Zaporizhzhia plant was taken over by Russia in March, but the Ukrainian workers were retained. The factory and its surroundings, which are close to Ukrainian-held territory, are under Russian control. It houses radioactive waste and has six pressurised water reactors.

Concerned about Russia’s strategies there, Western diplomats have raised the alarm.

The facility is located in Enerhodar, which is a city in southeast Ukraine along the left bank of the Dnieper River (Dnipro in Ukrainian).

Ukrainian military shelled the plant twice on Friday, according to the Russian-appointed officials in Enerhodar, “from the opposite bank of the Dnieper.” In their statement, the nationalists claimed that “the second time the nationalists managed to hit the target – shells landed in the plant’s industrial site.”

Russian state-run news agency Interfax cited the plant’s administration, which had been installed in Moscow, as reporting that two of the plant’s electrical lines had been struck by an artillery shot from Ukraine, starting a fire.

The number of electricity lines at the facility that are still in use is unknown, and the conflicting statements have not been independently verified.

Earlier, the UK defence ministry reported that Russia was exploiting the region to launch operations, taking advantage of the nuclear power plant’s “protected status” to lower the risk of overnight attacks by Ukrainian forces.

This Monday, Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s nuclear agency, issued a warning that the plant was “totally out of control.”