The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that as a result of the bombing of the Zaporozhye NPP, the Kakhovskaya high-voltage line, which supplies electricity to the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, was damaged.
He said that on August 7, Ukrainian units of the 44th artillery brigade from the Marganets settlement, located on the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir, fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
As a result of the damage to the high-voltage line at the station, a power surge followed by smoke occurred in the open switchgear of the nuclear power plant. The protection system that cut off the power supply worked. Firefighters put out the smoke. Technical personnel reduced the capacity of Units 5 and 6 to 500 MW.
Konashenkov described this attack as an “act of nuclear terrorism” aimed at creating a humanitarian catastrophe in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
August 7 Energodar administration reported About the bombing of a nuclear power plant by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Since March this year, the nuclear power plant has been under the control of Russian military personnel. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Ukrainian operator continues to operate the station.