The Zaporizhzhya plant is Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The Kakhovka dam located on the Dnipro River supplies the nuclear power plant with cooling water. You don’t have that water now. A month after the dam collapsed, news visits the area. It is approximately 15 kilometers from the front line. Since the 1980s, Ukraine has used the power plant to produce energy. Photo: Lokman Ghorbani / news That not enough water flows to the nuclear power plant can have major consequences. Astrid Liland in the Directorate for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety has told news earlier. But according to the latest updates, the situation does not look critical right now. Mayor fears attack on nuclear power plant In Dnipro, news meets the mayor of Energodar, Dmytro Orlov. Ukrainian authorities say that the situation is somewhat less tense. But Orlov still fears new attacks. – The nuclear power plant is still in the hands of the Russian occupiers. They can come up with anything, he believes. – The danger is that the occupiers carry out an act of terrorism at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, in order to put maximum pressure on the international community, says the mayor to news. Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Energodar Dmytro Orlov says the situation is tense. Photo: Morten Jentoft / news The uncertainty has led to many fleeing the area. More than 600 kilometers west of Zaporizhzhya, long queues have been reported at the border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova. Both claim the other will sabotage In the Kremlin, the Russians claim that the threat of Ukrainian sabotage of the power plant is great. Renat Karchaa, an adviser to Russia’s Atomic Energy Agency, went on state television Tuesday night and claimed that the Ukrainian army may try to attack the nuclear power plant as early as Wednesday night. Ukraine claims the opposite. – They have been carrying out provocations for a year already, from the occupied power plant. The occupiers do it all the time, and the goal is to blame the Ukrainian army, says Orlov. Before it was full of water. A month after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, it is completely dry. Photo: Lokman Ghorbani / news In a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the Russians are planning “dangerous provocations” at the power plant.
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