Russian forces blindfolded and detained the head of Europe's largest nuclear plant, Ukraine's nuclear power provider said on Saturday, reigniting long-simmering fears over the plant's security.
, Ukraine's nuclear power provider said Saturday, reigniting long-simmering fears over the plant's security.
In a possible attempt to secure Moscow's hold on the newly annexed territory, Russian forces seized the director-general of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Ihor Murashov, around 4 p.m. Friday, the Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom said.that Russia told it that"the director-general of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was temporarily detained to answer questions."
Putin on Friday signed treaties to absorb the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, including the area around the nuclear plant.
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