15.09.2026, Moscow.
Ukrainian drones and artillery attacked the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and Energodar more than 750 times over the last four months, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) press service reported on its website on September 14.
Since the end of April 2026, the situation at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and Energodar has been reportedly exacerbating due to continued attacks committed by the Ukrainian army. Over the last four and a half months the power plant and the city suffered more than 750 drone and artillery strikes killing 20 people including nine workers of the power plant, and over 100 people were injured.
Rosatom Director General Aleksey Likhachev had a meeting with the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Vienna at the 70th IAEA General Assembly, the Russian nuclear corporation reported this Monday. The talks focused on the issues of nuclear and physical security of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and the situation in Energodar.
As he did in his talk at the IAEA General Assembly, Aleksey Likhachev stressed that in the current situation he expected the IAEA Secretariat not only to report the facts of shelling but also to identify those responsible.
Grossi, in his turn, reiterated IAEA Secretariat’s commitment to continue its cooperation with Russia to ensure the security of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
Source: Rossa Primavera News Agency
