Russia stations military vehicles next to reactors at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Russian forces have stationed military vehicles next to nuclear reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), which constitutes a violation of international humanitarian law, which prohibits using NPPs as military sites.
Source: Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for the Defence Forces of Ukraine's South, on Facebook
Details: Voloshyn posted a video filmed recently by a reconnaissance UAV.
He said that Russian troops are hiding their equipment there because they know Ukraine will not launch strikes on the nuclear plant.
Quote: "They are using the territory and facilities of the ZNPP as a training ground for their UAV operators. There are even reports that rocket artillery strikes on [the city of] Zaporizhzhia have been carried out from there several times.
Do you think experts from the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency], whose mission is stationed at the plant, are seeing this?"
Background:
- It was reported on 28 December 2025 that repair works had begun on a power transmission line near the Russian-occupied ZNPP following another local ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, achieved with the IAEA mediation.
- The Russian-occupied ZNPP lost power from one of its high-voltage lines as a result of hostilities on the night of 2-3 January.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there has been no consensus on ZNPP in talks on a ceasefire in Russia's war against Ukraine, but if the plant remains under Russian control, it will not operate.
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