{"id":6792,"date":"2026-06-18T21:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:54:01","slug":"kiev-turns-to-systematic-killing-of-zaporozhye-plant-staff-russias-nuclear-chief-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/kiev-turns-to-systematic-killing-of-zaporozhye-plant-staff-russias-nuclear-chief-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiev turns to \u2018systematic killing\u2019 of Zaporozhye plant staff \u2013 Russia\u2019s nuclear chief (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"

One staffer at Europe\u2019s largest power plant was killed and another gravely wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Kiev has resorted to the \u201cdeliberate and systematic killing\u201d<\/em> of people employed at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev has said, warning that a potential catastrophe at the facility is bound to spread well beyond Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n

The attack took place on Wednesday in Energodar, the city adjoining the ZNPP, where a Ukrainian drone strike wounded four civilians. Two of the victims were employees of the facility, one of whom later died from his injuries, Likhachev said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ukrainian armed forces have resorted to the deliberate and systematic killing of staff at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,\u201d<\/em> the Russian nuclear chief stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHunting down nuclear power plant workers is an inhumane act by Ukrainian drone operators, who fail to realize the scale of the consequences of their actions. And the scale of those consequences could be such that they affect Ukraine, Russia, and a significant part of Europe,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

The incident marked the second killing of the plant\u2019s employees by Ukrainian forces this year, Likhachev noted. In late April, a staffer at the plant\u2019s transport department was killed in a Ukrainian strike on his workplace.<\/p>\n

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Four civilians killed by Ukrainian attacks on Russia<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cFrom strikes on auxiliary facilities, the Ukrainian armed forces moved on to attacks on energy infrastructure, then to the<\/s> strikes on the main equipment of the nuclear power plant, and now to a targeted hunt for our comrades,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

In late May, a Ukrainian fiber-optic-guided drone struck the machine hall of the plant\u2019s sixth power unit. The drone punctured a large hole in a metal technical access hatch, inflicting minor damage inside the building.<\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s largest nuclear power plant has been targeted by Kiev\u2019s forces with artillery and drone attacks on multiple occasions since Russia took control of the facility in March 2022. The plant has been operated by Rosatom since the Zaporozhye Region voted to join Russia in a referendum in the fall of 2022. Kiev has also increasingly targeted local infrastructure linked to the plant, including kindergartens, schools, roads, transport enterprises, and vehicles carrying supplies for the community, according to Rosatom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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