Kyiv suspects Russia wants to safely store weapons at the Zaporizhia plant site. The small town of Enerhodar is strategically important to Moscow.
Gdansk/Kyiv. Artillery shells also fired over the weekend, and the two warring parties once again blamed each other for this: the situation in the small Ukrainian town of Enerhodar and the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is becoming increasingly difficult. , although unconfirmed reports of a possible ceasefire made the rounds on Monday. On Sunday, a total of 42 states and the EU demanded the withdrawal of Russian troops from the area around the nuclear plant. “The stationing of Russian military personnel and weapons at the nuclear facility is unacceptable,” said the statement, which received little attention.
Ukrainian owner Energoatom had previously reported rocket attacks last Thursday. The shift replacement of the Ukrainian workforce had been postponed. However, this works under enormous pressure, because the Russians have put 500 soldiers directly into the nuclear power plant. At least one production engineer would have been shot.