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In the event of a disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear plant, it is necessary to evacuate 400,000 people
The head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration said on August 16, 2022, that the situation in Energodar, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, is dangerous due to the constant shelling of the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian troops. Source: Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhia...
Russians damaged Ukraine’s nuclear plant equipment: high risk of radiation leakage
The press service of the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine “Energoatom” said on August 15, 2022, that periodic shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian troops with multiple rocket launchers since last week has caused a serious risk to the safe operation of the plant. Source: The press service of...
The Russian army hit more than 22,000 civilian objects in Ukraine since February 24
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yevgen Yenin reported on August 14, 2022, that Russian troops attack the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine much more often than military facilities. The Russian army has hit more than twenty-two thousand civilian objects and about three hundred military ones since the beginning of the full-scale...
42 countries called on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
The European Union and forty-two countries issued a joint statement on August 14, 2022, calling on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the entire territory of Ukraine. Source: The website of the EU delegation to international organizations in Vienna “We urge the Russian...
EU supports demilitarization of Ukraine’s nuclear plant and calls on Russia to withdraw its forces
EU High Representative said on August 12, 2022, on Twitter, that Europe calls to demilitarize the zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is now occupied by Russians. Source: EU High Representative Josep Borrell “Zaporizhzhia facility must not be used as part of any military operation. I support call for...
Ukraine asks the US to sanction all Russian banks
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US stated on August 12, 2022, that Ukraine is calling on the administration of US President Joe Biden to introduce sanctions against all Russian private banks in order to deprive President Putin of the opportunity to wage war. Source: Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Oksana Markarova According to Markarova,...
Russia opposed the demilitarized zone around the Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Russia’s permanent representative to the UN said on August 12, 2022, that Russia opposed the creation of a demilitarized zone around the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant because of the “risk of provocations and terrorist attacks.” Source: Permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasyl Nebenzya...
An accident at the Ukrainian nuclear plant can endanger Europe and Asia, – Ukraine’s Parliament
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Ukraine’s Parliament) confirmed on August 11, 2022, that in the event of an accident at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant caused by the actions of Russian troops, its consequences will be felt not only in Ukraine, but also throughout Europe and Asia. Source: The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine “The...
Russia has started to link Ukraine’s nuclear power plant to Russian energy system
Energoatom president Petro Kotin said on August 9, 2022, that Russia has started implementing a plan to connect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the Russian energy system and disconnect it from the Ukrainian one. Source: Energoatom (National Nuclear Energy Generating Company of Ukraine) president Petro Kotin According to him,...
Ukraine called on the IAEA to visit the Zaporizhzhia NPP before the end of the August
Yevhen Tsymbaliuk, representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna said on August 8, 2022, that Ukraine has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an autonomous international organization within the UN, to visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) by the end of August, which the Russians are...