Every minute the Russian military stays at a nuclear power plant is the risk of a global radiation catastrophe. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced this in his evening address..

He said that today, for the first time in history, the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant stopped. The emergency protection of power units worked after the last working line of power output of the plant to the energy system of Ukraine was damaged as a result of Russian shelling.

“Diesel generators immediately worked to give energy to the station itself, to support it after a shutdown.. The world must understand what a threat this is: if the diesel generators had not turned on, if the automation and our plant personnel had not worked after the blackout, we would already be forced to overcome the consequences of a radiation accident.. Russia has put Ukraine and all Europeans on the verge of a radiation catastrophe,"

According to him, the south of Ukraine - the occupied regions - is already in a state of humanitarian catastrophe.. In addition to the power outage, there was also a water outage..

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He assured that everything is being done to prevent an emergency scenario, but noted that it depends not only on our state.

“The key thing is that we need such international pressure that will force the occupiers to immediately withdraw from the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP. The IAEA and other international organizations must act much faster than now. Every minute the Russian military stays at a nuclear power plant, there is a risk of a global radiation catastrophe,” the President stressed..

As reported, after lunch it became known that the Russian invaders achieved a complete shutdown of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant..

A few hours later, the nuclear power plant was reconnected to the grid.