Excerpts from the briefing with Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Zaporozhye nuclear plant situation (Moscow, June 15, 2023)

Zaporozhye NPP update 

We have received numerous media questions about the real state of affairs at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. I will brief you on the situation there as of June 13, 2023.

Speaking about the plant’s operation and safety, the Ukrainian armed forces did not shell the plant and the city of Energodar between June 6 and 12, 2023. On June 8 and 9, Ukraine launched suicide drones at the switchyard of the Zaporozhye NPP.

The plant receives electricity via the Dneprovskaya 750 KW high-voltage line.

The process of signing contracts with the plant’s personnel is ongoing. As of June 9, 2023, we have signed 3,540 employment contracts. There is enough personnel for a safe operation of the plant in cold shutdown conditions and for planned maintenance.

In the morning of June 13, 2023, the water level following the demolition of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was 11 metres in the Kakhovka Reservoir and 16 metres in the cooling pond of the Zaporozhye NPP.

Street lighting in Energodar, which was damaged by the Ukrainian forces’ shelling attacks, has been repaired.

Information about the situation is available in real time on the new page of the plant’s website znpp.ru titled Current situation at the Zaporozhye NPP, with daily updates.