What happened? The occupiers are preparing to leave the temporarily seized Zaporizhzhia NPP.
Source. Petro Kotin, the Chairman of the Energoatom Company, during the national TV marathon.
Details. Mr. Kotin stressed that it was too early to talk about evacuation from the station. Instead, it was more about preparations for withdrawal. At the same time, russian media spread narratives that ZNPP should be transferred under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Chairman reminded that the occupants stole “everything they could find”, moved military equipment and personnel to the site of the plant, and had mined the territory of the ZNPP.
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The occupation authorities of Energodar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast “denied” the information about the preparation of the withdrawal of russian forces from the city and Zaporizhzhia NPP.
In addition, the statement pointed to plans on creating a backup source of energy supply to Zaporizhzhia NPP, switching 2 power units to another mode in order to supply heat to residents, and transferring personnel under russian jurisdiction.
Previously. russians restricted the IAEA access to ZNPP after new shelling of the plant. At the same time, russia was trying to accuse Ukraine of the shelling.