The International Atomic Energy Agency (MAAE) reported on Sunday night that her Observers in the occupied Zaporozka nuclear power plant (Zaes) in the southeast of Ukraine on Saturday afternoon heard explosions and saw smoke coming from a nearby facility.
As DPA informed, this one The building was identified as a “auxiliary device” Zaes and is located approximately 1200 meters from the power plant area. In a statement by the CEO of Maae Rafael Grossi, it was not stated who attacked the object.
At the same time, Grossi again called on “maximum military restraint near nuclear facilities”. “Any attack near the nuclear power plant – regardless of the intended goal – poses a potential risk to nuclear safety and should be avoided,” He stressed Grossi. Zaes is located on the southern bank of the Dnieper River in Enerhodar, which is under the control of Russia, and is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
MAAEE plays a key role in the protection and monitoring of the condition and safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants: Since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, he has regularly broadcast teams of his experts to places with active reactors in the Rivnenská and Chmeľnyc region. Since September 2022, the MAAE has been permanently present in Zaes, whose area has been under Russian control since March 2022.
