Russia accuses Ukraine of bombing the station 3 times in 24 hours
Warnings of the spread of "radioactive materials" at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Russian soldier guarding the Zaporizhia nuclear plant.
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Smoke rises from the station after the bombing.
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Russia accused Ukrainian forces of bombing the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant three times in 24 hours, while the Ukrainian company operating the plant, which is controlled by Russian forces, warned of the dangers of the spread of radioactive materials.
The company stated that the Russian forces repeatedly bombed the site the day before yesterday, and as a result of the repeated bombing, the infrastructure of the station was damaged and there are risks of hydrogen leakage and the spread of radioactive materials, not to mention the risk of a fire.
The company stated that the plant operates under the risk of violating radiation and fire safety standards.
For its part, Russia accused Ukraine of bombing the station three times in the past 24 hours.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that Ukrainian artillery fired 17 shells at the vicinity of the largest power plant in Europe.
Four shells landed on the roof of the private building No. One, where there are 168 American nuclear fuel collection units from the "Westinghouse" company, and the rest of the shells exploded 30 meters from a used fuel store and near another containing new fuel.
The Russian military said that the Ukrainian army was firing from the vicinity of the town of Merhanit, opposite the station on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River, which is still controlled by Kyiv forces.
Russian forces took control of the Zaporizhia plant, where six of Ukraine's 15 reactors are located, in early March, shortly after the war began on February 24, and it is located near the front line in the south.
Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of carrying out bombing operations near the complex near the town of Energodar on the Dnieper River.
On Thursday, the plant was disconnected from Ukraine's electricity grid for the first time since its operation four decades ago.
Energoatom blamed the Russians' actions, and the station was brought back into service yesterday afternoon.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of a possible disaster at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant. International experts examined the station as well as the withdrawal of Russian forces from the station.
In addition, Russian forces destroyed a large warehouse in central Ukraine containing missiles and shells for American weapons used by the Ukrainian army.
"Using high-precision ground weapons, a large ammunition depot belonging to the Ukrainian 44th Artillery Brigade was destroyed near the town of Preobrazhenka in the Dnepropetrovsk region, containing shells for HIMARS launchers and an American M777 howitzer," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a press briefing yesterday. Made.”
For its part, the British Ministry of Defense said that it is possible that Russia has escalated its attacks along the Donetsk sector in the Donbass region during the past five days, in a move that could be aimed at clashing with Ukrainian forces and thwarting a counterattack.
The ministry stated that fierce battles are taking place near the towns of Seversk and Bakhmut, located north of the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk.
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Shells fell on the roof of the building of nuclear fuel assembly units.
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