Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is attacked with NATO weapons

"The attack was carried out with 155mm NATO shells with US M739 fuses," local provisional authorities reported.

The artillery attack launched this Saturday by the Ukrainian military against the Zaporozhie nuclear power plant was carried out with NATO ammunition, they denounced from the Civil-Military Administration of the region.

"The attack was carried out with 155mm NATO shells with US M739 fuses," provisional authorities reported on their Telegram account, accompanying their post with photos showing the impacts of the offensive.

Shortly before, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the Administration of the Zaporozhye province, explained that long-range weapons were used in the attack from the opposite side of the Dnepr river. "The shells exploded very close to one of the administrative buildings. The plant's critical facilities were not damaged," he wrote on his Telegram account.

Likewise, he indicated that fatalities were avoided at the plant thanks to the fact that the personnel present at their work stations was reduced to a minimum. The decision was made due to the possibility of a provocation by Ukraine against the plant.

On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry warned that troops in kyiv would stage a provocation that would cause a radiation leak, break the integrity of the nuclear waste repository and put the reactor in an abnormal operating state. The goal of such action would be to create an exclusion zone and blame Russia for nuclear terrorism.
diplomatic efforts

Meanwhile, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, declared this Thursday after meeting with the Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the Ukrainian President, Vladímir Zelenski, that common sense must prevail around the plant to prevent the security of the facility is threatened. In addition, he reiterated his call for the demilitarization of the area, urging the war teams and the military to leave the plant.

When evaluating a possible visit to the center of specialists of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Guterres said that the UN has "logistical and security capacities" in Ukraine to carry out said mission, although the trip would only be possible if Moscow and kyiv agree. Both Moscow and kyiv were willing to contribute to the trip of the IAEA specialists to take place.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, on Friday of the risk of "a global catastrophe" generated by constant Ukrainian offensives against the plant.

•     In August, attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear plant intensified and this Monday local authorities denounced that Ukraine "massively fired artillery shells" towards Energodar, causing explosions near the plant.
•     The issue of the trip of the IAEA experts to inspect the plant was raised by the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi, during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in which the situation at the facility was discussed.
•     From the Ukrainian side they blame Russia for the worsening of the situation and the attacks against the plant.
•     Zaporozhie is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. The first of its six reactors began operating in December 1984, while the last did so in October 1995. Currently, the province of the same name is under partial control of Russian forces.