Ukraine war: Russia weakening security of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Ukraine war: Russia weakening security of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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By Ben Tobias & Alys Davies
BBC News Image source, ENERGOATOM/Reuters Image caption, A covered Russian tank exterior the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on 4 August Russian forces at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in Ukraine are using “terror strategies” by utilizing the website to launch rocket attacks on civilians, the BBC hasactually been informed. “Every earlymorning we wake up and see that they have strike just property houses,” a regional entrepreneur informed us. Russia took the Zaporizhzhia plant in March however kept its Ukrainian workers. On Friday, Russia and Ukraine implicated each other of striking at least one of the plant’s power lines. Russia controls the plant and surrounding locations, close to Ukrainian-held area. Western authorities have sounded the alarm about Russia’s strategies there. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is in the city of Enerhodar, in the south-east of Ukraine along the left bank of the River Dnieper (Dnipro in Ukrainian). It is presently being run under Russian guidance. It consists of 6 pressurised water reactors and shops radioactive waste. In its day-to-day intelligence upgrade, the UK defence ministry stated Russia was utilizing the location to launch attacks – taking benefit of the “protected status” of the nuclear power plant to decrease the danger of overnight attacks from Ukrainian forces. The
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