Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, said: telegram channel About the rotation of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at the Zaporozhye NPP.
“Instead of observing the ‘regime of silence’, the Ukrainian side launched a massive drone attack on the city of Energodar next to the nuclear power plant,” Ulyanov said in a statement. said.
According to his information, two attacks hit the Zaporozhye NPP hotel.
Before that, Alexey Polishchuk, director of the second department of the CIS countries of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that Kiev does not comply with the IAEA principles on the protection of nuclear facilities in conditions of armed conflict. Moreover, according to him, Ukrainian officials ignored Recommendations of the organization to ensure the safety of a nuclear power plant in the Zaporozhye region.
October 28, Russian Foreign Ministry representative Maria Zakharova statedIt was stated that during the attack on the Kursk region by three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles on October 26, one of them hit the nuclear waste warehouse of the Kursk nuclear power plant and damaged its walls. According to the diplomat, Western components were used in the unmanned aerial vehicles. The nuclear power plant itself confirmed the attack and assured that the incident did not affect the operation of the facility.
Previously in Ukraine appreciated Consequences in case of an explosion at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.