In February, the occupiers prohibited access to the Zaporizhzhya NPP for those workers who remained in the occupied territory.
Ukraine managed to evacuate about five thousand nuclear power plant workers from the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
This was stated by Minister of Energy German Galushchenko , writes Ukrinform.
“To date, we have evacuated about five thousand people from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. They all work for the Energoatom company,” he said during the hour of questions to the government in the Verkhovna Rada.
According to Galushchenko, the personnel evacuated from the occupation Ukraine plans to use the nuclear power plant for the completion of units of the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant.
The minister also added that since February 2024, the occupiers have prohibited access to the Zaporizhzhya NPP for those workers who remained in the occupied territory. These workers continue to receive salaries, which accumulate in their accounts.
- On July 12, the UN General Assembly voted for the resolution “Safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, including the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,” containing a demand for Russia to immediately de-occupy the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant due to its failure to comply with the instructions of the governing bodies of the IAEA.
- Deputy director of the seized Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Eduard Atakishchev, appointed by the occupiers, helps the military remove unused equipment from the station.
- Russian occupiers continue the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as a military base for Chechen militants.
- According to the mayor of the temporarily occupied Energodar, Dmitry Orlov, the Zaporizhia NPP has been operating as a military base for three years now. The personnel of the nuclear power plant have to feel psychological and physical pressure and torture from the occupiers. Currently, about ten people are being held in occupation dungeons for their pro-Ukrainian position or simply because something was found in their phone or apartment.