Russia confirms downing of a Ukrainian drone over the Zaporizhia factory – Juventud Rebeldy

Moscow, August 30. Russia confirmed on Monday that a Ukrainian suicide plane downed the previous day over the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was bombed as it approached the complex, where US-made nuclear fuel and radioactive waste are stored.

They stated from the agency that the drone fell on the roof of the storage complex without causing any injuries or causing serious damage. Employees continue to monitor the technical condition of the plant and ensure the stability of its operation.

In addition, they denounced the attacks that targeted the city of Energodar located near the factory. In particular, the Ukrainian artillery fired eight heavy-caliber shells at residential quarters, as a result of which people were wounded. Two shells exploded in the immediate vicinity of the factory.

Other sources estimated that the shots were fired by the American M777 howitzer from firing positions located in the city of Nikopol, west of the atomic station mentioned above.

On the same day, it was learned that a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency was heading to the stationAnd the In order to create conditions to reduce tension in the region.

Ukraine said last Friday that its experts had restored power to the station stably after the last remaining power line at the facility was cut the previous day amid shelling and fires in the vicinity.

During this day, the leader of Zaporozhye, Yevgeny Palitsky, reported that the region was subjected to 29 bombardments in one day, 17 of which were targeted at the nuclear power plant, and three more in the city area. Kamenka Dneprovskaya.

RT added that from last August 5 until then, the direct attacks against the Zaporozhye plant by Kyiv had been repeatedly denounced by local and Russian authorities.

Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, insisted that the continuation of these military actions could lead to “a nuclear accident with serious consequences for the entire European continent.”