Zaporozhye station.. "Atomic Energy" team is on its way to it, and Russia announces the downing of an armed drone over the nuclear reactor

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi said on Twitter that the agency's team is on its way to the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in Ukraine, at a time when Russia announced the downing of an armed Ukrainian march over the station.

The world's attention remains focused on the fate of the Zaporozhye plant, which lies uncomfortably on the front lines between Russian and Ukrainian forces.

Both sides said that the plant is in danger of a nuclear disaster due to the attacks of the other side.

Both sides deny taking action against the facility, and it has not yet been possible to verify the information released by either side.

Imminent danger

The Russian forces, which occupy the station, said on Sunday that they had to shoot down an armed drone sent by the Ukrainians.

According to Russian media reports, the plane fell over the safety cover that covers the reactor after it was shot down, and the explosives that the plane was carrying were detonated without any damage.

It has not yet been possible to independently verify these reports.

Russia said that the drone was on its way to attack an area for storing spent fuel rods, and several missile projectiles fell on the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, located near the reactor. Russia and Ukraine exchanged accusations of responsibility for the artillery shelling.

And the mayor of the Ukrainian city of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, broadcast pictures, which he said were of a Russian bombing that targeted at night the city where the Zaporozhye nuclear reactor is located in southern Ukraine.

He said that the bombing led to a fire in residential buildings in the city.

damage

The National Atomic Energy Corporation, the operator of the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in Ukraine, said that the Russian bombing of the plant caused damage to the infrastructure, which led to a high risk of hydrogen and radioactive material leakage and fires.

The company said that plant workers are working hard to ensure nuclear and radiological safety and to raise the effects of damage.

Zaporizhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, one of the 10 largest nuclear power plants in the world, and contains 6 nuclear reactors.

Russian forces captured the nuclear plant in the first phase of the war in early March, but Ukrainian technicians still operate it.