IN BRIEF: 'Precursor to nuclear incident', increase in attacks on ZNPP, Energodar

MOSCOW, June 1. /TASS/. The Ukrainian drone attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) was deliberate , a potential omen that a nuclear incident is on the horizon, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said during a Channel One TV broadcast.

Since late April, the Ukrainian armed forces have intensified drone attacks on the ZNPP and its satellite city of Energodar, the facility’s Director Yury Chernichuk told the Vesti program.

TASS has compiled the key information about the situation.

Likhachev’s statements

The Ukrainian drone attack on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant was deliberate and is a direct "precursor to a nuclear incident," Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev stated on Channel One.