Section: Nuclear
Russian troops shelled Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Russian soldiers again attacked with missiles the Zaporizhzhia NPP in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar (south of Ukraine) on the morning of November 20, 2022. Source: State Enterprise National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine “Energoatom”, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)...
2 Ukrainian nuclear power plants malfunction due to Russian missile attack, – IAEA
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA Rafael Grossi noted on November 16, 2022, that two Ukrainian nuclear power plants – Khmelnytskyi NPP and Rivne NPP – suffered from massive shelling by the Russians on November 15, 2022. Source: Director General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi “This was a very concerning development....
Ukraine will build a small modular nuclear reactor together with the USA
As part of the UN Climate Change Conference (CO27), the US President’s Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry, and the Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, announced the launch of a pilot project for the construction of a small modular nuclear reactor (SRM) in Ukraine on November 12, 2022. Source: US Department of State...
Putin hinted in a conversation with Macron about the use of nuclear weapons, as “in Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
According to diplomatic sources, Vladimir Putin, the Russian President has embarrassed Western leaders by referring to the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in a conversation with Emmanuel Macron, the President of France on November 5, 2022. Sources claim that Putin believed that the bombings, which led to the surrender of Japan and the...
IAEA testified that no one in Ukraine has created and would not create a “dirty bomb”
IAEA inspectors confirmed in its statement on November 3, 2022, that no one in Ukraine has created and would not create any “dirty bomb”. The organization’s mission visited all the objects that Russian representatives mentioned when they told their statements about the so-called “dirty bomb”. Source: Director General...
Russia will receive the same response whether it uses “dirty” or nuclear bombs, – US
US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on October 24, 2022, that the reaction of the United States to the use of “dirty” and nuclear bombs by Russia would be the same, the consequences for the aggressor would be in any case. Source: US State Department spokesperson Ned Price Asked whether Washington would treat the use of a...
Some Ukrainian thermal power plants are disabled as a result of Russian missile attacks
The Executive director of “DTEK Energo” reported on October 24, 2022, that several Ukrainian thermal power plants of the “DTEK Energo” (the largest private investor in the energy industry in Ukraine) were so seriously damaged due to Russian missile attacks that they had to stop work Source: The Executive director of...
Ukraine’s nuclear city is on the edge of humanitarian disaster due to Russian shelling
The mayor of Ukraine’s nuclear city of Enerhodar (it is located in the south of Ukraine) noted on October 23, 2022, that the city was on the edge of a humanitarian disaster. It is impossible to restore the work of critical infrastructure facilities in the city due to Russian constant shelling. Source: The mayor of Enerhodar Dmytro Orlov...
G7 called on Russia to immediately return control of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine
The G7 group condemned Russia’s abduction of personnel from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and called for the immediate return of full control over the station to Ukraine. This was noted in the joint statement in the Federal Foreign Office of the G7 on October 22, 2022. Source: The Federal Foreign Office of the G7 The G7 condemns...
50 employees of Ukraine’s nuclear plant are in Russian captivity
Petro Kotin, the President of Energoatom (National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine) noted on October 19, 2022, that more than 150 employees of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant have been kidnapped by Russian troops since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Source: Petro Kotin, the...
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General Staff operational report August 22, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 18:55 (GMT)
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