Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom says Russia has seized the head of the power plant.
Ukraine's nuclear power provider has accused Russia of "kidnapping" the head of Europe's largest nuclear power plant, a facility now occupied by Russian troops and located in a region of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to annex illegally.Nuclear company says Russian troops stopped Ihor Murashov's car, blindfolded him and took him awayEmployees work at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in this picture released Sept.
"His detention by [Russia] jeopardizes the safety of Ukraine and Europe's largest nuclear power plant," Energoatom president Petro Kotin said.Russian authorities have informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that Murashov was held for questioning, the United Nations agency said on Saturday.
The SBU said the convoy was attacked with "small arms fire," while the governor said it was shelled. The discrepancy could not be immediately resolved. The exact date of the attack, the second of its kind in recent days, was not announced. The British briefing noted the attack came while Putin was preparing to sign the annexation treaties.
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