The shelling of the Zaporozhye NPP from the Ukrainian side can lead to a global man-made disaster. This was warned by the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, RIA Novosti writes.
On August 7, a power plant was shelled, as a result of which the high-voltage line was damaged. We had to reduce the power of two power units.
Konashenkov described the Ukrainian attack as an act of nuclear terrorism aimed at creating a humanitarian catastrophe in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
Zaporizhia NPP is a nuclear power plant located in the steppe zone on the shore Kakhovsky reservoir in the Zaporozhye region in the city Energodar. It is the largest power plant in Europe.
Since 1996, the Zaporozhye NPP has been a separate subdivision of the National Nuclear Power Generating Company Energoatom
In March 2022, during Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, it came under the control of the Russian Federation