Overview

• Artillery fire struck about 400 meters from the plant’s off-site diesel fuel farm, igniting dry grass that was contained without damaging equipment.
• Radiation readings remained within normal limits and plant personnel reported no casualties, according to ZNPP management.
• The IAEA team on site heard roughly two hours of shelling, including three rounds close to the facility around 2:30 p.m., and observed black smoke from three nearby locations.
• Inspectors have not yet reached the impacted area and plan to request access when the security situation allows.
• Plant management warned that auxiliary facilities such as fuel storage are less protected than reactor buildings, as a Russian lawmaker blamed Kyiv while the IAEA flagged rising military activity at other Ukrainian nuclear sites.