That Ukraine According to information from Moscow, it attacked the Novovoronezh nuclear power plant in southern Russia with drones. The incident had occurred on Thursday evening, the head of Russia’s nuclear agency Alexei Likhachev told the press on Friday. The drone was shot down. “But some debris fell and damaged distribution facilities.”
As a precaution, three reactor units were initially shut down and production was reduced to less than half, he said. After repairs, the nuclear power plant is now operating at full capacity again. Meanwhile, the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, reported damage to electrical facilities near the power plant. He did not provide any details.
Russia, which has been waging war in Ukraine for more than three and a half years and has occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant there Kiev has been accused several times of attacking nuclear facilities. Ukraine recently reported that the Russian military specifically attacked a critical substation for the Rivne and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants in western Ukraine. These allegations could not be independently verified.
According to Likhachev, Moscow reported in detail the latest case to the Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi. He hopes Argentina will convey Russia’s concerns about the escalation of nuclear facilities to the West. “The heads of state in the world and Europe listen to Rafael,” that’s what I’m counting on RussiaLikhachev said.
Grossi has recently visited Russia several times
Grossi met with the head of Russia’s nuclear agency in Kaliningrad on Friday. This is not his first trip to Russia in recent months. Grossi was primarily negotiating the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. However, Moscow’s vote is also considered crucial for the election of the future UN Secretary General. The IAEA chief announced his candidacy for the post in September.
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