Drone Strike Kills Driver at Zaporizhzhia NPP

A drone strike on April 27 killed a driver at the transport workshop of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Russian-occupied southeastern Ukraine, according to the facility's administration and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

The plant's press service stated that the strike came from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on the premises of the transport workshop. "Today, a driver was killed as a result of a strike by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone on the transport shop floor of the ZNPP," the statement said. Officials described the death as a "terrible and irreplaceable loss" and extended condolences to the victim's family, adding that nuclear industry employees should not be targets and that any attack on the facility threatens people and security overall.

The IAEA, which maintains a team at the site, confirmed it had been informed of the incident. "A drone strike this morning killed a driver at its transport workshop in the vicinity of the plant site," the agency said in a statement. Director General Rafael Grossi reiterated that "strikes on or near NPPs can endanger nuclear safety and must not take place." The IAEA team is investigating the incident and continuing to...