Nuclear Power
Russia claims that a Ukrainian drone killed the chief engineer of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant
According to the head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom, a drone from Ukraine killed the chief engineer of the Russian-controlled nuclear power station in Zaporizhzhia near the station. Alexei Likhachev said in a press release that a Ukrainian drone struck a car transporting engineers between the site of the plant and Enerhodar. The engineer, Alexander Yakovlev and driver were killed. In the first weeks following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian forces captured the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, with six reactors. Since then, each side has regularly accused the others of military actions which endanger...