Russian forces occupying the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye are preparing to connect it to Crimea, a peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014, and are damaging it by carrying out this reorientation of electricity production, the Ukrainian operator, Energoatom, warned on Tuesday. . “The Russian military present in the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are implementing the program of (the Russian operator) Rosatom aimed at connecting the plant to the Crimean electricity networks,” Energoatom President Petro Kotin told television. Ukrainian.
“To do this, you must first damage the power lines of the plant connected to the Ukrainian energy system. From August 7 to 9, the Russians have already damaged three power lines. At the moment, the plant is operating with a single production line, which is an extremely dangerous way of working,” he added. “When the last production line is disconnected, the plant will be powered by generators running on diesel. Everything will then depend on their reliability and fuel stocks, ”also warned Petro Kotin.
