concerns around the largest nuclear power plant in Europe

Missiles piled up in the ground and strike impacts around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces. kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of being behind the bombings. One of the six reactors has already had to be shut down following artillery fire. “Firefighters arrived on the scene and managed to clear the smoke. To avoid the interruption of the operation of the nuclear power plant, the technical staff lowered the power of the fifth and sixth generator sets“, said Igor Konashenkov, the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Located in southern Ukraine, the Zaporijia power plant is the largest in Europe. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned of a real risk of nuclear disaster. While the Secretary General of the United Nations does not hide his concern. “I hope these attacks will end. At the same time, I hope that the IAEA will be able to access the plant and exercise its powers“, he specified. On the side of the Ukrainian resistance, the Chernobyl disaster resounds in all the heads.