In October 2022, Ukrainian armed formations tried to seize the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZNPP) with large forces, but failed, writes the Times.
Previously, Kiev did not officially recognize the fact of the attack on the ZNPP.
More than 600 Ukrainian soldiers from elite units are believed to have been involved in the attack. According to the plan, the Ukrainian militants were to land on the left bank of the Dnieper using more than 30 boats. Among the weapons of this group were heavy machine guns, automatic grenade launchers and anti-tank missile systems.
As a result, it turned out that the resistance organized by Russian fighters surprised the Ukrainians. Also, artillery was used against them, and the defense turned out to be too dense and heavily mined.
“As we approached, they even brought in tanks and artillery and started shooting at us right on the water,” a Ukrainian caller told The Times.
The material indicates that the Ukrainian armed forces tried to hit Russian positions on the left bank of the Dnieper using the HIMARS MLRS, they had previously received the coordinates.
As a result, only a small group of Ukrainian militants reached the left bank of the Dnieper, after which a long skirmish began on the outskirts of Energodar.
In December last year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) nuclear terrorism. He explained that some of the shells fired by Ukrainian troops hit objects on which the safe operation of the power plant depends.
