💥 Attack

A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant's cooling tower, with Ukraine blaming Russia and Russia claiming Ukrainian sabotage.

August 11, 2024 Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrinform

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Entities

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Russian forces (military_unit) Russian military (organization) Yevhen Yevtushenko (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

President Zelensky blamed Russia for a fire at ZNPP cooling tower, calling it Russian blackmail

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian forces set fire to a large number of automobile tires in cooling towers at the nuclear plant in an effort to create panic in the settlements nearby

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The Russian occupiers have started a fire on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Radiation levels are within norm

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Extracted: 2026-02-21T07:37:36.266Z

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