Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant reveals damages from Russian shelling

Denys Karlovsky – Friday, 4 March 2022, 19:43

Energoatom published a video showing the damage to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Enerhodar as a result of last night's shelling by Russian invading forces.

Source: Energoatom

Details: The video shows the destruction of the overpass from one building to the power units.

Russian occupying forces fired on Power Unit 3.

https://t.me/energoatom_ua/1946

Background:

• The nuclear power plant is currently controlled by the so-called Kadyrovites, a Chechen paramilitary group supporting the Russian Armed Forces.
• The Adviser to the Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vadym Denysenko, said that three Ukrainian National Guardsmen were killed in the fighting in Enerhodar.
• The Office of the President of Ukraine believes that the Russian command knew the grave risk to Europe that a large-scale tank attack on the Zaporizhzhya NPP posed.
• As of the morning of 4 March, only one reactor was operating at the station.
• The previous night, Kadyrovites opened fire on the Zaporizhzhya NPP building, causing a fire. The threat of a nuclear catastrophe was announced at the station.