The military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) is carrying out artillery shelling of the city of Energodar, Zaporozhye region, where a nuclear power plant is located. This was announced on August 27 by Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the regional administration.
“At the moment, there is artillery shelling of Energodar, the coastline, where the yacht club was previously destroyed,” Rogov said on the air of the program. “Soloviev Live”.
According to him, so far there have been no arrivals through the territory of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), but since the shelling has not yet ended, it is difficult to say anything. Local authorities will conduct an inspection and assess the extent of damage only after the attack by the Armed Forces is completed.
On August 26, Energodar announced the shelling of the ZNPP from the American M777 howitzer.
The day before, the head of the military-civilian administration (MAC) of the region, Evgeny Balitsky, said that two power units of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant were turned off after the protection system was triggered. According to him, as a result of a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on power lines in the area of the nuclear power plant, a fire broke out in the security zone of the 750 kV overhead line, which provoked a short circuit on the power line. After the fire was extinguished, one unit was launched, and work was also carried out to launch the second power unit.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the authorities of Energodar have repeatedly announced the shelling of the ZNPP, which is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Attacks from the AFU increased in August. Projectiles were also reported to have fallen near the radioactive isotope storage facility.
Russia continues the special operation to protect the Donbass, the beginning of which President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24. A few days earlier, the situation in the region escalated significantly due to shelling by the Ukrainian military. The authorities of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics announced the evacuation of residents to the Russian Federation, and also turned to Moscow for help. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DPR and LPR.
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