ALBAWABA - Russia announced that a drone attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and accused the Ukrainian army of being behind the strike.
Moscow said Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in southern Ukraine, a claim which Kyiv denied.
According to AFP, Russian military forces took control of the nuclear plant, which is the largest in Europe, in the first days of their military invasion in 2022.
A view of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 14, 2023. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / AFP)
"The IAEA has been informed by the ZNPP that a drone today struck a turbine building at the site, reportedly causing a hole in its wall," the International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement.
The attack on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is the first such attack within the ZNPP perimeter since April 2024.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, noted on the incident, "expresses serious concern about the reported incident which would endanger both the seven indispensable pillars for ensuring nuclear safety during the conflict as well as the five concrete principles to protect the ZNPP, which clearly state that 'there should be no attack of any kind from or against' the plant."
