News – In the midst of the attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine, Russian forces detained employees of the nuclear power plant on charges of espionage.
The Russian National Guard (Rosgavardia) said on Wednesday that the two arrested men are accused of providing information about the locations of troops and equipment to Kyiv forces.
Besides, it violates access control [ke pabrik]He was arrested as an accomplice of the Ukrainian armed forces, who sent the coordinates of the movement of the convoy of Russian military equipment.”
The National Guard said that after taking control of the power plant on March 4, Russian forces arrested 26 violators of access control to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
The National Guard said the facility continues to work with local staff, while Russian forces patrol the site and check explosive devices and unexploded ordnance.
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They noted that “National Guard’s nuclear, biological and chemical defense specialists, along with colleagues from the Department of Defense, are monitoring the situation daily, several times a day by measuring radiation levels at monitoring points along the perimeter of the facility.”
In recent weeks, the nuclear power plant and the neighboring city of Energodar have been repeatedly bombed by Kyiv forces.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack damaged several buildings on the factory site, causing fires and blackouts.
Moscow warned that the continued attacks could eventually lead to the power plant being disabled and could lead to a major disaster similar to the one that occurred at Chernobyl in 1986.
But Kyiv and some Western officials accuse Russia of bombing the station, despite the fact that it is controlled by Russian forces themselves.