The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that on August 7, the Kyiv regime carried out a nuclear terrorist act at the energy infrastructure facilities of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to create a humanitarian disaster in Kherson and Zaporozhye. regions.
“From the Marganets settlement, at about 12.40 pm of the 44th artillery brigade on the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir, he bombed the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,” he said.
According to the military department, as a result of the shelling, the Kakhovskaya high-voltage line, which supplied electricity to the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, was damaged. The resulting power surge caused smoke at the station’s open switch, but the protection system worked and turned off the power supply. Konashenkov said that firefighters who arrived at the scene extinguished the smoke.
The representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that after the incident, the power of the 5th and 6th power units of the nuclear power plant was reduced to 500 MW.
August 7 Energodar administration knowledgeable About the bombing of a nuclear power plant by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It has been under the control of Russian military personnel since March of this year. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the Ukrainian operator continues to operate the station.