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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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Russia reports that Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant overnight on Monday, according to Rosatom director general Alexei Likhachev. The targets were a laboratory building and a radioactive waste processing plant; one civilian was killed in the attack while delivering food to plant employees. Ukraine has not commented on the incident, which comes after weeks of shelling that damaged external power supply equipment at the plant. Russia controls Europe’s largest nuclear facility since its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and both sides have accused each other of compromising nuclear safety.
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On October 5, Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight. According to Alexei Likhachev, head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom, a laboratory building and a radioactive waste processing plant were targeted, resulting in the death of a driver delivering food for plant employees. There is currently no threat to nuclear safety, but recent Ukrainian shelling has damaged external power supply equipment at the plant; electricity is now supplied by emergency diesel generators. The Zaporizhzhia plant, which Russia seized early in its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine and is Europe’s largest with six reactors, no longer generates electricity but requires stable power sources to keep nuclear fuel cool. Moscow and Kyiv have frequently accused each other of compromising the plant's safety since the start of the conflict.

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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant MOSCOW, Oct 5 - Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight on Monday, but there is no threat to nuclear safety, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said.
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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant · assertive framing

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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant MOSCOW, Oct 5 - Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine overnight on Monday, but there is no threat to nuclear safety, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said. asserted
head → say → corporation
Alexei Likhachev, director general of Rosatom, said a driver delivering food for plant employees was killed in the drone attack. asserted
driver → say → attack
According to Likhachev, a laboratory building and a radioactive waste processing plant were the targets. uncertain
building → accord → Likhachev
Ukraine has not commented on the incident. asserted
Ukraine → comment → incident
On Saturday, the plant's management said Ukrainian shelling over recent weeks had damaged external power supply equipment at the plant, with electricity currently being provided by emergency diesel generators. asserted
electricity → say → generators
The plant produces no electricity but needs power supplied by two external links to keep nuclear fuel cool. asserted
plant → produce → fuel
Russia seized the plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, in the first weeks of the war that began with Moscow's February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbour. asserted
that → seize → neighbour
Moscow and Kyiv have since regularly accused each other of military action that compromises nuclear safety. asserted
that → accuse → safety
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog, has repeatedly acted to secure a ceasefire around the plant to have repairs carried out to lines connecting the plant to the main power grid. asserted
repairs → act → grid
UN monitors are stationed at the Zaporizhzhia plant and three others operating in Ukraine. asserted
monitors → station → Ukraine
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, writing on her ministry's website, accused the West of enabling Ukrainian attacks by failing to condemn them publicly. asserted
Zakharova → write → them
"Kyiv's intensification of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant has been made possible by the lack of an appropriate response to such actions from Western countries, which are effectively facilitating new attacks," Zakharova wrote. asserted
Zakharova → shell → attacks
"Such an attitude towards strikes by the Ukrainian military demonstrates the true value of statements by representatives of these countries about nuclear and physical nuclear safety at various international forums." asserted
attitude → demonstrate → forums
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