The Zaporozhye NPP reported a tense situation in the area of the station

The situation in the area of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and Energodar remains tense due to the continued activity of drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), despite the current regime of silence around the Zaporizhia thermal power plant. This was announced on October 18 by Evgenia Yashina, Director of Communications at ZAES.

"As for drone activity, unfortunately, I have to state that the situation in the area of the station and the satellite city of Energodar remains tense. The activity of unmanned aerial vehicles remains," Yashina said in an interview with TASS.

She added that the situation at the station itself also remains tense, but under control. The employees of the NPP monitor all security parameters around the clock.

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