Satellite images show the terrifying extent of destruction at the Zaporizhzhya power plant. Huge bullet holes gape in the roof of one of the factory’s nuclear waste storage facilities. Meanwhile, experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have arrived in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhya for inspection.
At least four holes can be seen in the roof of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. The projectiles fell just 120 meters from the reactors proper in a nuclear waste storage facility. Apparently, massive shelling and heavy destruction is constantly taking place. Some reactors are badly damaged and no longer functional.
“Flammable Idiocy”
It is now virtually certain, based on additional satellite images, that Putin’s occupying army is misusing the nuclear power plant as a military stronghold. “It doesn’t matter who attacks Zaporizhzhya intentionally or unintentionally – this is extremely dangerous idiocy and must stop immediately. It is up to the international community to oblige the parties to the conflict to end the fighting and persuade the Russians to withdraw and demilitarize,” warns GLOBAL 2000 expert Reinhard Uhrig.
Core experts arrive in Zaporizhzhya
The experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have now arrived in the city of the same name in southeastern Ukraine. It was initially unclear when the 14-member delegation led by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi would proceed to the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant.
Video: Zelenskyi receives IAEA delegation in Kiev
Before the war, AKW had 10,000 employees
The IAEA experts want to get a picture of the situation at the power plant and talk to the remaining Ukrainian employees. Increasing artillery shelling of buildings on the power plant site has raised international concerns about a nuclear disaster. Kiev and Moscow accuse each other of shelling. The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was occupied by Russian forces shortly after the start of the Russian invasion in late February. With six blocks, it is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Before the war it had more than 10,000 employees.
Grossi explained the purpose of the planned visit to the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhzhya as follows. The visit is a “technical operation” to prevent a nuclear accident.
Source: Krone
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