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Russia says Ukraine hit two facilities at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Reuters WORLD
Published October 05,2026 11:30 AM
Updated October 05,2026 11:38 AM
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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (REUTERS File Photo)

Ukrainian drones attacked two facilities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear ⁠power plant ⁠in southeastern Ukraine overnight on Monday, while there is ⁠no threat to nuclear safety, said Alexei Likhachev, the head of Russian state nuclear corporation.

A driver delivering food for plant employees ⁠was killed ⁠in the drone attack, he said.

According to Likhachev, a laboratory building and a radioactive waste processing plant were ⁠the targets.

Russia seized the plant in the first weeks of the war that began in 2022, and ⁠both ‌Moscow ‌and Kyiv ⁠have since ‌regularly accused the other of military ⁠action that ⁠compromises nuclear safety.