# Diplomat: Kyiv continues attacks on Zaporozhye NPP, risking nuclear catastrophe

https://mins.news/en/item/86891

- TASS, 2026-10-05 18:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2197833

> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Kyiv is deliberately continuing attacks on the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and its infrastructure. She said Ukrainian troops used drones on October 4 to strike the plant’s laboratory and Administrative Building No. 2, about 200 meters from its power units, creating risks of a serious nuclear accident.

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