Russia uses Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant for military purposes
Source: Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear energy company
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation use the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as a firing position for multiple launch rocket systems. Ukraine is being shelled from the territory of the plant.
On November 26, the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency heard characteristic sounds at the ZNPP, similar to the departure of unguided rockets from multiple rocket launchers.
‘Although the IAEA team did not notice the rockets due to the clouds, the characteristic sound indicated that they were fired from the multiple launch rocket system near the ZNPP’, the report Energoatom said.
According to IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi, the events vividly demonstrate the extremely fragile situation with nuclear safety and security at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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