Ukrainian drone strike hits turbine hall at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
A Ukrainian drone struck the turbine hall building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, causing an explosion. Rosatom described the strike as deliberate.
A Ukrainian drone struck the turbine hall building at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, causing an explosion or detonation, and Rosatom described the strike as deliberate. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that a drone attack struck the turbine building at the plant, and IAEA personnel observed light smoke and heard sounds of military activity at the nearby Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant. According to the South China Morning Post, the strike left a hole in the wall of the turbine hall. Deutsche Welle reported that an attack near the plant caused an outage in the area and that a Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at a refinery in southern Russia. The Strait Times reported that a Ukrainian drone hit engineers de‑mining an area around the plant, injuring at least three people, and that the incident occurred at the start of a ceasefire around the plant that was brokered by the IAEA to restore the main external power line.
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