After taking manage of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia close down energy deliver to the Europe’s 2d biggest country. Andrey Vladimir Shefchik, the Russia-appointed Head of Administration, stated, “Electricity deliver from this plant to Ukraine has been cut, however there is everyday deliver to all the ‘liberated’ [captured] territories in Eastern Ukraine.”
ABOUT ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
Travelling thru the war-torn Eastern Ukraine, India Today TV group reached the maximum hotly contested infrastructure in Ukraine, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear electricity plant. Located in South-East Ukraine withinside the metropolis of Enerhodar, at the banks of the Kakhovka reservoir at the Dnieper river, the plant is ready 200km from the contested Donbas location and over 550km South-East of Kyiv.
One of the maximum essential infrastructure, the nuclear electricity plant is now beneathneath the manage of the Russian forces. However, it’s far stated that Ukrainian officers and experts who have been hired via way of means of Kyiv are managing the operations there.
Earlier, there have been reviews approximately whether or not Moscow had despatched officers to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear electricity plant or now no longer.
Reacting to those reviews, cutting-edge Head of Administration Shefchik stated, “The operations and controls of the reactors, and the station are beneathneath the employees who have been hired right here via way of means of Ukrainian government as before. It is absolutely functioning. The Rosatom officers are simplest supplying technical support. We are operating with the worldwide firms in line with protocols.”
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear electricity plant has six reactors — every producing 950MW — and a complete output of 5,700MW. Normally, it produces one-5th of Ukraine’s energy and nearly 1/2 of the power generated via way of means of the country’s nuclear electricity facilities.
ATTACK ON ZAPORIZHZHIA POWRE PLANT
Several reviews emerged in March that claimed that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant had suffered harm due to the heavy Russian shelling. However, it turned into the education middle out of doors the ability that had suffered essential harm.
Ukrainian government had stated that Russian shelling had prompted a hearthplace at a constructing withinside the plant complex, which turned into later positioned out. Russia blamed Ukrainian saboteurs for the attack, calling it a “massive provocation”.
“There has been no harm in the electricity plant. The simplest harm which you have visible is at the doorway of the plant,” stated Andrey Vladimir Shefchik.
Expressing concern, he stated, “There is a danger to the station. Not lengthy ago, Ukrainians despatched ‘Kamikazee’ UAVs [Suicide Drones] to the management constructing of the metropolis and to the plant itself. But Russian forces took preventive motion and intercepted it. They may want to do it withinside the future.”
INSIDE ZAPORIZHZHIA POWER PLANT
When the India Today group attempted to move in the Zaporizhzhia electricity plant, it noticed no signal of harm to the six blocks at the premises. But, because of protection reasons, the group wasn’t allowed to go into the ability.
One reputable stated that the Ukrainians running the ability have been “uncooperative” and “unfriendly”.
While there have been a few locals who have been welcoming, many stayed farfar from the media and a few even shouted ‘Slava Ukraini’ — which interprets into ‘Glory to Ukraine’. But, the Russians and the pro-Russian humans have been decided to now no longer pass lower back to Russia.
ENERHODAR
Enerhodar, just like the different towns in Zaporizhzhia consisting of Melitopol and Berdyansk, is likewise searching at a referendum. As of now, Ukrainians are stationed at the north banks of the Dnieper river, even as the regions withinside the south had been taken via way of means of the Russians.
With the river withinside the middle, reclaiming this essential infrastructure has turning into hard for Ukrainians with every passing day.
Russia released a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24 with the purpose to “demilitarise” and “denazify” the country.
