U.S. Embassy in Ukraine calls Russian attack on Zaporizhia NPP war crime

"It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant. Putin's shelling of Europe's largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further," the statement said.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on the night of March 4, Russian invaders fired on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant. The fire has been put out. The situation at Europe's largest nuclear power plant threatens a global catastrophe.

During the night assault on the Zaporizhia NPP, the Russian military killed three Ukrainian servicemen and wounded two others.

At the Zaporizhzhya NPP, only one power unit is currently operating under the control of the NPP staff. Other power units have been put into safe mode and disconnected from the power system.

The staff was admitted to their workplaces in the morning. At the moment, there is no ground line communication with them.

As reported, on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine and launched a large-scale invasion. Russian troops are shelling and destroying infrastructure, massively shelling residential areas across Ukrainian cities and towns, using artillery, MLR systems, and ballistic missiles.

Martial law was imposed in the country and general mobilization was announced.

Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with the UN Criminal Court in The Hague.