{"id":1353,"date":"2025-08-02T23:39:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T23:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:50:49","slug":"ukrainian-attack-kills-woman-near-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/02\/ukrainian-attack-kills-woman-near-europes-largest-nuclear-power-plant-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian attack kills woman near Europe\u2019s largest nuclear power plant \u2013 officials"},"content":{"rendered":"

The IAEA monitoring team confirmed \u201cexplosions and smoke\u201d in the vicinity of the Zaporozhye NPP<\/strong><\/p>\n

A woman was burned alive in her vehicle in a\u00a0Ukrainian drone and artillery strike on Europe\u2019s largest nuclear power facility, according to regional authorities and plant officials in Energodar, in Russia\u2019s Zaporozhye Region.<\/p>\n

The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was brought under Russian control in March 2022, shortly after which the region\u2019s residents voted in a referendum to join Russia. At around the same time, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deployed a monitoring mission to the ZNPP, which has remained on-site to this day.<\/p>\n

The attack on Saturday morning targeted an auxiliary facility located in the industrial zone of Energodar, just 1,200 meters from the perimeter of the ZNPP. According to the facility\u2019s operator, the incident led to a fire that engulfed a civilian vehicle unrelated to the plant\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo our deep regret, a deceased civilian was found inside the vehicle,\u201d<\/em> the plant operator reported via Telegram. Plant officials stressed that there was no threat to the nuclear reactors\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n

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Staff at Europe\u2019s biggest nuclear power plant attacked by Ukrainian drone \u2013 officials<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Firefighters attempting to extinguish the blaze were also targeted by a Ukrainian drone, although no casualties were reported among the emergency crews. The mayor of Energodar, Maksim Pukhov, warned residents not to approach the site due to \u201ca high risk of repeated attacks,\u201d<\/em> adding that Ukrainian UAVs were severely hampering rescue and investigative efforts.<\/p>\n

The IAEA monitoring team confirmed<\/a> hearing explosions and seeing smoke rising from the direction of the auxiliary site.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny attack in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant \u2013 regardless of the intended target \u2013 poses potential risks also for nuclear safety and must be avoided,\u201d<\/em> said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who once again urged \u201cmaximum military restraint near nuclear facilities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The ZNPP has been repeatedly targeted by drone and artillery strikes in recent years. Russian officials have accused Kiev of committing \u201cnuclear terrorism\u201d<\/em> and warned that continued attacks near the facility could result in a catastrophic incident.<\/p>\n

In previous strikes, UAVs have hit areas near the reactor containment domes and the plant\u2019s training center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The IAEA monitoring team confirmed \u201cexplosions and smoke\u201d in the vicinity of the Zaporozhye NPP A woman was burned alive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1356,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions\/1356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}