23:01 01-06-2026

Zaporozhye NPP Drone Strike: Moscow Blames the West

Zеlеnskiу / Оfficiаl / Telegram

Moscow says Western arms supplies to Kiev fueled the drone strike on Zaporozhye NPP, raising safety concerns at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant again.

Western countries bear primary responsibility for Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant because they continue to supply Kiev with weapons, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariya Zakharova said.

Zakharova noted that Ukraine keeps receiving new arms deliveries from its Western backers, while the range of weapons being transferred continues to expand. Against that backdrop, she said, Kiev’s actions near nuclear infrastructure resemble a dangerous and reckless game with catastrophic risks.

The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the attacks show that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are prepared to take extremely hazardous steps that could put nuclear and radiation safety at risk at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.

On Saturday, May 31, a Ukrainian drone struck key equipment at the Zaporozhye NPP. The aircraft hit the turbine hall of power unit No. 6, causing an explosion. No one was injured, and no serious damage was recorded. The plant’s technological processes were not disrupted, and the radiation level remains within normal limits.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the facade of the turbine hall was damaged about ten meters from the reactor compartment. Rosatom Director General Aleksey Likhachev said the drone had been controlled via fiber-optic cable, which, in his view, showed that the strike on the nuclear facility was deliberate.