At the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian troops, the situation is getting worse every week, according to the head of the Ukrainian nuclear authorities.
Among other things, Petro Cotten told Germany’s ZDF station that the occupiers had destroyed the administration building, training center and block of the nuclear power plant. They stockpiled equipment and trucks, which caused a major fire. “Nobody knows what’s in those trucks.”
At the same time, employees are under great pressure. “They are now trying to get employees to sign business contracts with Russia,” says Cotten. “Employees have a choice to either sign this contract or be beaten or tortured.” About 100 people were arrested, and no one knows what happened to the others. Those affected are prohibited from leaving the area.
Artillery shells repeatedly fell to the ground in and around the power plant, with both sides blaming the other for the bombing. In the shuttle diplomacy between Russia and Ukraine, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi attempts to establish a security zone around a nuclear power plant without a fight.
Unaccredited press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense / AP / dpa
