The Ukrainian nuclear company accuses Russia of kidnapping three workers at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant

MADRID, 9 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom has accused Russian forces this Friday of kidnapping three workers at the Zaporizhia power plant, the largest in Europe, and has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to "make all efforts possible" to free these people "captives in the hands of Russian terrorists.

"Racists have intensified their repression against employees of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant," Energoatom said through his Telegram account, where he detailed that "the Russian Army broke into the facilities of the Department of Social Programs, where, in the presence of of workers, hit the head of the department, Oleksi Trubenkov, and his 'number two', Yuri Androsov on the head".

"After a brutal beating, the invaders took them from the premises and transferred them to an unknown whereabouts. In addition, the racists detained and threw the chief of staff, Konstantin Beiner, who is a person directly responsible for nuclear and radiation safety, into the basement. "He pointed out, without Russia having ruled on these accusations.

Thus, Energoatom has emphasized that "the occupiers are trying to gain the loyalty of the brave pro-Ukrainian staff at the plant, increasing the number of employees transferred to the false Organization on Operations at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is managed by Rosatom, to report to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin about the support of Ukrainian personnel for Russia's fascist and terrorist actions."

"The invaders can't do it because the staff resist, so they become policemen and jailers, intensifying their attacks against patriotic workers who still want to work for Ukraine," Energoatom reported, requesting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, and to the international community, to work to achieve the release of the detainees.

The Zaporizhia plant has six reactors commissioned between 1984 and 1995. It has been controlled by Russian forces since March this year, shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, unleashed on February 24 by order of Putin. The partially occupied Zaporizhia region was annexed in September along with Donetsk, Kherson and Lugansk.