The Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom announced this Monday that the last external line of the plant Zaporižia it had to be disconnected as a result of the latest bombings by Russian forces launched Sunday on substations in the territory controlled by Ukraine.
“The Russian terrorists fired again on the electrical substations. critical infrastructure in the territory controlled by Ukraine “, denounced the Ukrainian company via Telegram, which sees these attacks as a” change of strategy “by Russia to”blackmail“in Ukraine and throughout the world.
“Once again we ask the international community to take urgent measures for the demilitarization of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant as soon as possible “, asked Energoatom.
Withdrawal of the military
Likewise, it calls for the withdrawal of all Russian military personnel from the territory where the plant is located, as well as from the city of Energodiand the return of full control of Ukraine over structures “for the sake of the security of the whole world”.
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The Zaporizhia power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, is under construction Russian control since last March 4, a few days after the beginning of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the invasion of Ukraine. Since then it has been one of the main scenarios in which the war is taking place.
Both sides accuse each other of launching attacks in the surroundings and thus of endangering the area security of the region. At the end of August, a special mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began to know the status of the plants and their workers.