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Russians, no evacuations from the Zaporizhia plant
The Russian administration of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in the south of the Ukraine He assured that after the announcement of partial evacuations in the region due to fears of a Ukrainian offensive, no demobilization of site employees is currently planned. “At the moment there is no need to evacuate the workers of the plant or the residents of the city of Energodar. Keep calm,” Yuri Tchernichuk, director of the site, said in a statement.
“There is nothing to worry about. All reactors at the plant are shut down,” he said. The day before, the regional official installed over Fly, Evguéni Balitski, had announced the partial evacuation of 18 places under Russian occupation in the Zaporijjia region, especially in Energodar. According to Balitski, these “temporary” evacuations mainly affect children with their parents, the elderly and disabled, sick and hospitalized amid the spike in Ukrainian bombings in recent days.
According to another occupation administration official, Andrei Kozenko, quoted by the TASS news agency, Russian authorities are planning to evacuate around 70,000 people from locations in the region.
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