the anguish of the inhabitants on the outskirts of Zaporizhia

Tension is still high on Sunday August 14 around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (Ukraine). “Especially since the mayor of the town today explained that the risk was increasing every day“, specifies the journalist Naoufel el Khaouafi, present on the spot. “What you have to understand is that this plant in Zaporizhia has been in Russian hands since the beginning of the war, so it’s impossible for us to enter it.“, continues the journalist.

A team from France Télévisions was however able to go to several neighboring villages, in order to exchange with the inhabitants. “They explained their concern to us, they are all afraid of this threat of nuclear catastrophe. Some explained to us that they were afraid of dying from an explosion, others (…) that they did not have the necessary equipment in the face of such threats, only a few iodine tablets and cloth masks.“, explains Naoufel el Khaouafi. The UN asked during the week that the zone be demilitarized.