Russian occupiers started a large-scale fire on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP. They set fire to a large number of car tires in the cooling tower.
This was stated by the head of the Nikopol district military administration, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, who published a corresponding photo.
Fire at Zaporizhzhya NPP — what is known
Photo: Nikopol RVA
— Perhaps this is a provocation or an attempt to create panic in the settlements on the right bank of the former reservoir, — the head of the Nikopol RVA suggested.
A cooling tower — is a structure in the form of a tower for cooling water with atmospheric air. It was there that the Russian occupiers set fire to a large quantity of automobile tires, causing a fire at the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
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The Zaporizhzhya NPP in Energodar is currently operating in a normal mode, as far as possible under occupation, noted Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
— Radiation levels are normal now. But as long as Russian terrorists retain control of the nuclear power plant, the situation is not normal, and cannot be. Since the first day of the seizure of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, Russia has been using it exclusively to blackmail Ukraine, all of Europe and the world, — President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the fire at the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
According to him, Ukraine is waiting for a reaction from the entire world and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Russia must respond, and only Ukrainian control over the Zaporizhzhya NPP can guarantee a return to complete security, the president emphasized.
Zaporizhzhya NPP — what is the situation now
Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky
— Regarding the situation in Nikopol. We are keeping it under control. All responsible services are involved. Air measurements have shown that the radiation level has not been exceeded. Constant monitoring is underway. Russia continues to use tactics of terror, blackmail and intimidation. And the fire they started at the Zaporizhzhya NPP is further confirmation, — drew attention to the Dnipropetrovsk OVA.
The OVA notes that the world must see what the aggressor country is doing. The threat it poses goes far beyond Ukraine.
Only together can we stop this and bring the criminals to justice, noted the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
Recently it became known that an external radiation monitoring station near the Zaporizhzhya NPP was destroyed as a result of shelling and a fire.
