MOSCOW: It is reported that a mysterious "unexplained incident" occurred at the occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine, in which Russian soldiers were killed and wounded. According to the mayor of Enerhodar, Dmitro Orlov, where the station is located, the soldiers were "so frightened that they ran away in panic"; Some are currently receiving intensive care in a hospital.
Although Putin's troops were using the power plant to store many of their weapons, including missile systems, the reason for the sudden frenzy is unknown.
The chairman of Ukraine's nuclear agency Energoatom warned Friday that more than 500 Russian troops had taken control of the site and that the situation was extremely tense. Petro Kotin said, referring to the city across the river, the occupiers bring their machinery there, including missile systems, from where they have already opened fire on the other side of the Dnipro River and in the area of Nikopol.
They have physical control over the border. Heavy equipment and trucks loaded with weapons and explosives used by the occupiers still exist on the grounds of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya,' he claimed.
Mayor Orlov reported that nine soldiers were taken to a neighborhood hospital with injuries of varying degrees.
One of them was brought in a critical condition and is now being treated intensively, the man said.
Some have passed away, but at this time we are unable to specify how many have passed.
They were so frightened, he continued, "they ran around the station area in panic, shutting down two shifts of operational staff at the plant for far too long than they were supposed to."
On March 4, the Russian military seized the Zaporizhzhia plant, which produces about 20% of the electricity in Ukraine. They now have control over the station and administrative buildings.
As a result, gaps in its front line are being filled by "convicts and blacklisted persons", according to the UK Defense Ministry.
Since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, 50,000 Russian soldiers are believed to have been killed, wounded, or taken prisoner. The Kremlin hired a mercenary company, the Wagner Group, to provide the troops.
However, as a result of fighting in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, even the group's resources are becoming scarce. Russia has expanded its territory, but at a high cost. The Defense Ministry said yesterday that the group had suffered significant losses due to the fighting.
One critic alleged, "Wagner is lowering recruitment standards, recruiting prisoners and blacklisted people, while training new hires too little." This will most likely affect the group's operational effectiveness in the future and reduce its value as a support for the regular Russian army. It comes as a video depicts a recruitment program for Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine involving prisoners from a desolate Russian prison. Prisoners are taken outside his prison to enlist in Wagner's personal army to strengthen Moscow's armed forces.
In exchange for liberation from penal colonization and a pardon, some 300 prisoners from the prison of the Republic of Adygea in Russia opted to join the front lines of the war.
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