Russian general: Ukraine's Armed Forces have intensified strikes on key facilities of the Zaporizhzhia NPP

Ukraine's Armed Forces have intensified strikes on critically important facilities of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), said Major General Alexei Rtishchev, head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces.

"The intensity of strikes on critically important facilities of the Zaporizhzhia NPP has increased. Civilians working at the station are coming under fire," he said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.

The ZNPP, located in Enerhodar in southern Ukraine, is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Since 2022, the facility has been under the control of the Russian military, but the station's technical personnel continue to keep it operating amid the ongoing conflict.

Rtishchev stressed that, despite the constant danger, NBC defense units are "in full readiness for immediate response and localization of any possible emergency situation." The Ukrainian side has not presented its position on the matter. The statements cited come from the Russian military side and have not received independent confirmation.