Russian Strike Damages External Crisis Center at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

A Russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia on August 10 damaged the External Crisis Center of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), a facility critical to monitoring radiation levels in the region.

The Gaze reports this, referring to Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy.

According to the ministry’s statement, no staff members were injured, but the office building sustained partial destruction. 

The center’s specialists maintain round-the-clock surveillance of radiation conditions in areas of Ukraine under government control. 

However, Russia continues to block the automatic transfer of nuclear and radiation data to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through its IRMIS system.

“An attack on infrastructure that monitors radiation conditions is yet another sign of the aggressor’s reckless disregard for international law,” Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said. “These actions create a real threat to nuclear safety not only for Ukraine but for the entire European continent.”

The ministry called on international organizations and foreign governments to increase sanctions pressure on Russia and take urgent steps to halt attacks on Ukraine’s nuclear infrastructure. 

It reiterated that full demilitarization of the Zaporizhzhia plant and its return to Ukrainian control under the state operator Energoatom remain the only path to restoring nuclear safety in the region.

As The Gaze reported earlier, on August 8, Ukraine has issued a stark warning over the growing risk of a nuclear catastrophe, condemning Russia’s continued militarization of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.