🎙 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's statement on Ukrainian attacks against the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant on May 30-31 (June 1, 2026)
💬 Kiev no longer even seems to be trying to hide its criminal, terrorist nature.
On May 30, the Ukrainian armed forces used a UAV to attack the turbine hall of Unit 6 at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP), and on May 31 – the plant’s transport workshop.
☝️ It was only by a miracle that casualties and critical damage to ZNPP infrastructure were avoided.
These reckless actions once again clearly demonstrate that the Ukrainian armed forces are ready to resort to the most desperate steps, including those aimed at undermining the nuclear safety and security of Europe’s largest NPP.
We are convinced that Kiev, as well as its American and European handlers, are fully aware of the catastrophic consequences such provocations could have for the entire world. Yet this is far from the first time the Kiev regime has shown utter disregard for human lives.
The primary responsibility for what is happening lies precisely with Ukraine’s Western puppeteers, who continue to pump Kiev with more and more batches and types of weapons. We hope that even in the West they will eventually realise that, by striking nuclear facilities with supplied weapons, Kiev is acting with the recklessness of an “ape with a grenade“, creating threats for its own sponsors as well.
We expect the IAEA Secretariat and personally Director General Rafael Grossi to give Kiev’s actions a fair and deserved assessment.
The threats deliberately created by the Zelensky regime, which, in its anti-Russian frenzy, is directly targeting a Russian NPP, cannot be ignored.
The IAEA leadership will have to call things by their proper names. Otherwise, all its appeals to ensure an appropriate level of nuclear safety and security, as well as compliance with any “principles” and “points” declared by Rafael Grossi, will lose any basis.
❗️ For our part, we will continue to do everything possible to maintain the safe operation of the ZNPP.
💬 Kiev no longer even seems to be trying to hide its criminal, terrorist nature.
On May 30, the Ukrainian armed forces used a UAV to attack the turbine hall of Unit 6 at the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (#ZNPP), and on May 31 – the plant’s transport workshop.
☝️ It was only by a miracle that casualties and critical damage to ZNPP infrastructure were avoided.
These reckless actions once again clearly demonstrate that the Ukrainian armed forces are ready to resort to the most desperate steps, including those aimed at undermining the nuclear safety and security of Europe’s largest NPP.
We are convinced that Kiev, as well as its American and European handlers, are fully aware of the catastrophic consequences such provocations could have for the entire world. Yet this is far from the first time the Kiev regime has shown utter disregard for human lives.
The primary responsibility for what is happening lies precisely with Ukraine’s Western puppeteers, who continue to pump Kiev with more and more batches and types of weapons. We hope that even in the West they will eventually realise that, by striking nuclear facilities with supplied weapons, Kiev is acting with the recklessness of an “ape with a grenade“, creating threats for its own sponsors as well.
We expect the IAEA Secretariat and personally Director General Rafael Grossi to give Kiev’s actions a fair and deserved assessment.
The threats deliberately created by the Zelensky regime, which, in its anti-Russian frenzy, is directly targeting a Russian NPP, cannot be ignored.
The IAEA leadership will have to call things by their proper names. Otherwise, all its appeals to ensure an appropriate level of nuclear safety and security, as well as compliance with any “principles” and “points” declared by Rafael Grossi, will lose any basis.
❗️ For our part, we will continue to do everything possible to maintain the safe operation of the ZNPP.