KYIV/MOSCOW, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Fresh shelling has targeted the perimeter of the Zaporizhia power plant in southeastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, Russia and Ukraine said, blaming the bombings. strikes on the opposing party.
The Russian Minister of Defense accused the Ukrainian forces of having bombarded three times during the 24 hours cast the area where the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located.
“Seventeen shells in total were fired, four of which hit the roof of special building No. 1, where 168 WestingHouse nuclear fuel assemblies are stored,” the Russian Defense Minister said in a statement. He added that radioactivity at the site remained normal.
In a statement broadcast on Telegram, the Ukrainian public company Energoatom accused the Russian forces of having targeted the perimeter of the plant. “The damage is being assessed,” she added.
Russia and Ukraine have been accusing each other for several weeks of carrying out bombardments near the power station, the largest in Europe.
On Thursday, two of the plant’s six reactors were shut down due to lack of power to the plant for several hours. The reactors were reconnected to the Ukrainian electricity network on Friday. (Report Max Hunder and Reuters, French version Jean-Stphane Brosse)