Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant Fire – Reports of Drone Attack (BINTEO)

A hearth broke out at Europe's largest nuclear energy plant in southern Ukraine on Sunday, with Ukraine and Russia blaming one another for the incident.

“Six items on the energy plant are in chilly shutdown, there isn’t any explosion or different hazard,” the governor of Russian-settled Zaporizhzhia, Yevgeny Balitsky, stated in a written assertion.

He added that the fireplace broke out within the cooling system of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant resulting from shelling by the Ukrainian military.

The Worldwide Atomic Vitality Fee additionally issued an announcement.

IAEA consultants witnessed sturdy darkish smoke coming from ZNPP’s northern space following a number of explosions heard within the night. Crew was advised by ZNPP of an alleged drone assault at the moment on one of many cooling towers positioned on the website. No impression has been reported for nuclear security. pic.twitter.com/pZ0VGRZtbf

— IAEA – Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company ⚛️ (@iaeaorg) August 11, 2024

“IAEA consultants noticed giant black smoke coming from the northern space of ​​ZNPP (Zaporizia Nuclear Energy Station) after a number of explosions have been heard within the night. The staff was knowledgeable by ZNPP of an alleged drone assault at the moment on one of many cooling towers positioned on the positioning. No nuclear security implications have been reported.”

BREAKING: Fireplace burning on territory of of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/jcJThr48Zb

— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) August 11, 2024

In the meantime, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that “they recorded from Nikopol that the Russian invaders set fireplace to the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant.”

Enerhodar. We’ve got recorded from Nikopol that the Russian occupiers have began a fireplace on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant.

At present, radiation ranges are inside norm. Nonetheless, so long as the Russian terrorists keep management over the nuclear plant, the… pic.twitter.com/TQUi3BJg4J

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelensky (@ZelenskyyUa) August 11, 2024

“For the reason that first day of occupation, Russia has been utilizing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant solely to blackmail Ukraine, all of Europe and the world,” Zelenskyy advised X.

For his half, the top of the Nikopol regional navy command, Yevhen Yevtushenko, advised Telegram that the ability is presently “working as usually as attainable below the circumstances of occupation,” in line with Ukrinform.