Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov has claimed that the Russian military has again shelled the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Orlov wrote on his Telegram channel.
“According to locals, fire was again opened from the park zone towards the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and industrial area. The interval between the launch and strike is 3-5 seconds,” he said.
Earlier, the Ukrainian intelligence agency said that the pumping station’s block 1 had been damaged in an artillery strike, while the building of the fire station responsible for safeguarding the plant had partially collapsed.
At the same time, Vladimir Rogov, member of the occupation “administration” of the Zaporizhzhia region said that Enerhodar and the power plant were targeted by Ukrainian attacks.
“According to eyewitnesses, explosions can be heard in the city again. Strikes are located in the Dnipro River area and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
On 5 August, the Russian Defence Ministry accused the Ukrainian military of shelling the power plant, while Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency said that it was Russia’s doing. Since then, both sides have been periodically bringing forward similar accusations.
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called on Russia and Ukraine to immediately cease hostilities around the power plant. He also said that all military personnel and hardware should be withdrawn from the area and prevented from being re-deployed there again.
