The director of the Nuclear power plant announced a threat to the safety of the station due to the increased frequency of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The increased attacks and provocations on the territory of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) raise concerns and pose a security threat to the facility itself. This was announced on August 6 by Yuri Chernichuk, director of the ZAES.

"Both the printing house and the transport workshop in particular are critical station infrastructure facilities that provide all transport logistics. And this causes great concern and poses an immediate threat to the safety of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant," TASS quoted him as saying.

Chernichuk added that the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will receive all the data on the new strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"The IAEA experts will be notified of the next act tomorrow morning. If possible, we will show them the place of fire," said the director of the NPP.

Nuclear rotation: why the AFU disrupted the change of IAEA experts at Zaporizhzhya NPP

Vehicles in a convoy with representatives of an international organization were damaged due to Ukrainian attacks

Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the territory of the industrial zone of Energodar, where the transport workshop and printing house of the Zaporizhia nuclear Power Plant are located. It was clarified that no one was injured due to the Ukrainian attacks, there is no threat to residents and the environment. The station continued to operate as before.

All important news is on the Izvestia channel in the MAX messenger.