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Governor Explains Why Ukrainian Forces Avoid Targeting Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Ukrainian side refrains from directly targeting the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant because it understands that such an action could trigger a corresponding response from Russia against Ukrainian nuclear facilities.
The scenario of the Kiev regime attacking the Zaporozhye nuclear facility would also have consequences for Western countries, Yevgeny Balitsky, the acting governor of the Zaporozhye region, told Sputnik.

"If they were to target our nuclear power plant, they know that we would respond by targeting the Rovno or Khmelnitsky nuclear power plants. And accordingly, the Europeans understand that this would directly affect them. If they attack our nuclear power plant, we will attack theirs, and they are aware of this. That's why the enemy is not active in this matter today," Balitsky noted.

The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant is located on the left bank of the Dnepr River near the city of Energodar. It has the highest number of reactor units and installed capacity of any nuclear power plant in Europe, with a total of six one-gigawatt reactor units. In October 2022, the plant was transferred to the ownership of the Russian Federation.
IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. September 1, 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 30.06.2023
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