Washington: The US has asked Russia to withdraw its military and civilian personnel from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Also, Russia should hand over its nuclear plant to Ukraine. US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said at a regular briefing that the US is aware of reports of a ‘drone attack’ on the power plant and is monitoring the situation there. Miller said that Russia is playing a dangerous game. The drone attack and Russia’s control over the Zaporizhia power plant is dangerous. Therefore, we demand the withdrawal of military and civilian personnel from Russia.
Drone attack took place on Sunday
At the same time, Russian officials said that the dome over a shutdown reactor at the Zaporizhia nuclear station was attacked by Ukraine on Sunday. Russia claims that there was a drone attack on the nuclear plant which was taken over by the Russian military in 2022.
Zaporizhia Nuclear Station is the largest nuclear plant in Europe.
According to plant officials, radiation levels were normal and no significant damage occurred after the attack. The Zaporizhia Nuclear Station, Europe’s largest nuclear power station, consists of six uranium-235 water-cooled and water-powered VVER-1000 V-320 reactors designed by the Soviet Union. According to the plant’s administration, reactors numbers one, two, five and six are in cold shutdown, reactor number three has been shut down for maintenance and reactor number four is in what is known as hot shutdown, Al Jazeera reports. Is.
Let us tell you that Russia attacked Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Thousands of people were killed and millions were rendered homeless in the two-year-long war. Thousands of soldiers have also been killed from both sides. Although no one released official figures.
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