Ukraine: The massive nuclear power plant has been the target of months of artillery fire from Ukrainian forces. Moscow, the Russian military, and the local pro-Russian government in the Zaporozhye region have all denounced Kiev for the attacks and warned that they pose a threat of causing a nuclear disaster that could wipe out all of Europe.
According to Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian military has resumed shelling the vicinity of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant but has not caused a nuclear emergency.
The officer continued, "The radiation situation at the ZNPP continues to be normal. The Ukrainian military shelled the facility, according to reports from the Russian military and Zaporozhye's pro-Russian civil administration for months. The largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the ZNPP typically produces one-fifth of all the electricity used in Ukraine through its six reactors. Following damage to its power supply caused by shelling last week, the plant was forced to shut down its sole remaining operational reactor, endangering rolling blackouts for Ukraine.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, whose chief inspector Rafael Grossi visited the ZNPP in late August, also released a highly anticipated report on the security situation at Ukraine's nuclear facilities last week. Although the document made 52 references to the dangers posed by the facility's shelling, it oddly omitted to identify who was responsible for the attacks.
Early in March 2022, Russian forces seized control of the ZNPP and the surrounding area. For the past six months, Ukrainian artillery units and saboteurs have been attacking the facility. While some have blamed "both sides" for the shelling and others have even claimed that the Russian military has been attacking the facility, Western officials and media have refused to acknowledge Kiev's responsibility for attacks on the plant, presumably in the hopes that the public in the West won't bother to look up where the ZNPP is and who controls it.
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