The United States is monitoring the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where the IAEA recorded the fall of a combat UAV the day before. The White House is calling on Russia not to play dangerous games and instead hand over control of the plant to Ukraine. This was stated by US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller at a briefing, UNN reports .
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We are aware of the reports of the UAV attack on Zaporizhzhya NPP. We continue to monitor the conditions at the plant, including the official IAEA report, which fortunately noted that the damage caused by the UAV strike did not jeopardize nuclear safety
He emphasized: "Russia is playing a very dangerous game by seizing the Ukrainian nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe.
In this context, a representative of the US State Department called on the Russian side to withdraw its military and civilian personnel from the NPP, return full control of the power plant to the competent Ukrainian authorities, and refrain from any actions that could lead to a nuclear incident at the NPP.
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On Sunday, three drones crashed on and near the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, hitting surveillance and communication equipment on the roof of the reactor of the sixth power unit, as well as a military vehicle.
ZNPP reactor received three direct hits - IAEA07.04.24, 23:22