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Ukrainian Drone Strike Damages Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Power Grid

By Drooid · Oct 6, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC · How we work

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Ukrainian drones struck laboratory building and a radioactive waste processing plant at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
A driver delivering food to plant employees was killed in the drone strike.
Rosatom director general Alexei Likhachev said the attacks pose no nuclear safety threat.
Shelling damaged external power, forcing the plant to run on diesel generators without electricity.
The IAEA has repeatedly urged a cease-fire to repair the plant’s grid connections.

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Ukrainian drones struck laboratory building and a radioactive waste processing plant at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
A driver delivering food to plant employees was killed in the drone strike.
Rosatom director general Alexei Likhachev said the attacks pose no nuclear safety threat.
Shelling damaged external power, forcing the plant to run on diesel generators without electricity.
The IAEA has repeatedly urged a cease-fire to repair the plant’s grid connections.