One of the security chiefs of the Ukrainian Zaporizhia nuclear plant, under Russian control since 2022, died on Friday in a car bomb attack, according to the Russian Instruction Committee (CIR).
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The attack took place in front of the victim’s home in the city of Energodar, where he had parked his car, according to the official statement on Telegram.
“When the man sat behind the wheel of the car, (the device) exploded,” he said.
‘The perpetrators must be punished’
The man died in the hospital as a result of the serious injuries received, after which the CIR opened a criminal case for murder and began a search and capture operation for the perpetrators of the terrorist act.
The deceased, Andrei Korotky, had previously headed the municipal assembly of Energodar in Zaporizhzhia, a region annexed by Russia in September 2022, but which the Russian army does not fully control.
“This is a horrible and inhuman terrorist act. The perpetrators must be punished. The attack against those in charge of the security of a nuclear facility is an irrational step and beyond all logic,” said Yuri Chernichuk, director of the plant, the largest in Europe.
According to Russian authorities, kyiv had already attacked officials loyal to Moscow and linked to Energodar and the atomic power plant in the past.
In addition, Moscow has also accused the Ukrainian Army of attacking the plant with drones and artillery shells, something that kyiv categorically denies.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned on numerous occasions about the risk of a direct attack against the nuclear facilities in Zaporizhia and more recently in relation to Kursk, a region partially controlled by the Ukrainian Army for almost two months.
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