Russian troops plan to stop the operating power units of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and disconnect them from Ukraine’s power grid, the state operator of the NPP, Energoatom, claims, citing Reuters.
Energoatom believes that Russia, which controls the power plant in southern Ukraine, is preparing to stage a “large-scale provocation” in Zaporizhzhia.
Russia allegedly instructed Zaporizhia NPP employees not to report to work on Friday, Ukrainian military intelligence exclusively confirmed to NBC News.
The announcement was made amid accusations and speculation from Russia and Ukraine that the incident at the plant was planned for Friday.
On Thursday, Russia threatened to close the station and warned that there is a risk of man-made disaster due to continued bombing of Ukraine.
On the other hand, it is a completely different story in Ukraine, according to Andriy Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“There is new information, they arrived about half an hour ago, that there is an order for tomorrow, August 19, that most of the staff will not go to work,” Yusov told NBC News, according to news.ro. “This is what the Russians told their people, primarily Rosatom employees,” he added, referring to Rosatom.
A Ukrainian official said this could be evidence that Russia is preparing “large-scale challenges” to the nuclear power plant on Friday.
“We do not rule out the possibility of massive Russian provocations on the territory of Zaporozhye tomorrow (not Friday). This is confirmed by their propaganda, information from our sources, and the behavior of the Russians at the installation,” he added.
Russia refused to confirm or deny the presence of Rosatom agency employees in Zaporizhzhia. On Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine and so-called “US intermediaries” of trying to organize a “minor accident” at a plant in southern Ukraine on Friday to blame Russia.
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