Vladimir Zelensky/Office of the President
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russian military fired from tanks and other armored vehicles at nuclear units in Energodar, in the Zaporozhye region.
According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the invaders did not understand what they were doing then. And they still do not understand.
He added that there were about 120 pieces of equipment that surrounded the station and killed several people. In addition, Russian troops fired at nuclear units.
“First, the IAEA said that there were no hits – this is not true. We found – they hit the nuclear block. However, there is quite powerful protection,” Zelensky said.
Rosatom workers
According to According to the President of Ukraine, there is still a big threat. Today, part of the nuclear power plant in Energodar is occupied by the Russian military. The technical specialists there are ours, but there are those that the invaders brought from Rosatom.
Rosatom hides this, but we know that Russian specialists constantly want to leave there, because they don’t understand some things,” Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“Many technical things have been transferred to computers there. “specialists” saw this nuclear power plant many years ago. Now they got into internal processes and don't know what to do,” Zelensky added.
He noted that Russian specialists come up with various reasons to go back to Russia .
Station Transfer
Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine was offered to transfer our nuclear power plant under the leadership of Russia. Unfortunately, some international partners also did this.
We refused. If our specialists are there, we are responsible. If Russian specialists are there, we will not be able to be responsible for such a nuclear facility,” the President of Ukraine said.
According to him, today we technically control the situation, but this is only more or less. After all, Russian militants walk around with weapons.
“We are waiting for the unblocking. We officially told the IAEA that they must do this. Rafael Grossi came and said that he wanted to do this. However, I still do not see that they have such opportunities – to unblock our nuclear power plant,” he concluded. Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Important about the NPP in Energodar
- The name of the occupier who led the forcible seizure of the Zaporozhye NPP has become known. It turned out to be Major General Aleksey Yuryevich Dombrovsky.
- The invaders in Energodar are led by Major General Valery Vasiliev.
