Some Russia-backed nuclear workers and collaborators leave ZNPP – Enerhodar mayor

Some Rosatom employees brought to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Russia left Enerhodar city.

So did some of the collaborators, who signed contracts with the Russians, says Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of Enerhodar. 

As to the employees of the nuclear plant, it is true that some of the collaborators who signed contracts with Rosatom and held management positions in the fake company from Rosatom left the city… Also, some of the Rosatom personnel, who were brought from Russian nuclear power plants , left the city at the end of the previous week, Orlov said.

The invaders brought explosives to the ZNPP almost a year ago: they mined the perimeter of the plant, and the entire shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir.

Since the beginning of this year, the Russians began to mine in a chaotic mode, likely preparing for Ukraine's counteroffensive.  What they did with the Kakhovka HPP had a rather significant effect on the mood of those specialists who remain in Enerhodar. They understand that the enemy can take any step, and the placement of trucks with explosives shows that the occupiers are preparing for any scenario. Russians are using the nuclear plant as a lever of international influence to blackmail not only Ukraine, but also the whole world, said the mayor.

There are currently about 5,000-6,000 employees of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the city, who are actually hostages of the Russian army. 

Russians are disrupting Ukrainian TV and radio channels and have taken control of all Internet resources. Propaganda has been working there for more than a year, which is challenging for residents who do not have access to Ukrainian information channels not to be influenced by enemy information resources.

Orlov also noted that the Russian military is "not very active" in Enerhodar at the moment. At the same time, the intensification of searches may indicate that the invaders are preparing for another "gesture of goodwill."

On March 4, 2022, Russians occupied the ZNPP.

On June 22, 2023, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Russia's plans to stage a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.

Ukraine's top defense officials expressed their confidence in Ukraine being prepared to the worst scenario at the nuclear plant, which won't "resemble Chornobyl explosion"