Turin, 15 July (LaPresse) – The chief engineer at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has been killed following a Ukrainian drone attack. This was reported by Alexander Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, the Russian state-owned nuclear energy company, as quoted by Interfax. “A drone belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a service vehicle at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, on the border between the plant’s industrial zone and the town of Enerhodar,” he said. “The driver, Dmitry Filippov, was killed along with chief engineer Alexander Yakovlev. Yakovlev had dedicated his entire life to nuclear energy and effectively died in the line of duty.” According to the head of Rosatom, over the past two and a half months, 13 people have been killed and 48 injured in attacks on Enerhodar and the Zaporizhzhia power station. Furthermore, the attacks pose “the threat of a large-scale nuclear accident across vast areas of Russia, Ukraine and Europe”. “The international community must understand this. And, of course, we expect the IAEA to provide a swift, concrete and clear response to this tragedy,” he added, noting that the Russian political leadership had been informed of the incident.
Ukraine: Moscow says chief engineer at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station killed in Kyiv raid
Turin, 15 July (LaPresse) – The chief engineer at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station has been killed following a Ukrainian drone attack. This was reported by Alexander Likhachev, Director General of Rosatom, the Russian state-owned nuclear energy company, as quoted by Interfax. “A drone belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a service vehicle at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, on the border between the plant’s industrial zone and the town of Enerhodar,” he said. “The driver, Dmitry Filippov, was killed along with chief engineer Alexander Yakovlev. Yakovlev had dedicated his entire life to nuclear energy and effectively died in the line of duty.” According to the head of Rosatom, over the past two and a half months, 13 people have been killed and 48 injured in attacks on Enerhodar and the Zaporizhzhia power station. Furthermore, the attacks pose “the threat of a large-scale nuclear accident across vast areas of Russia, Ukraine and Europe”. “The international community must understand this. And, of course, we expect the IAEA to provide a swift, concrete and clear response to this tragedy,” he added, noting that the Russian political leadership had been informed of the incident.
