822 Ukrainian nuclear workers are currently working at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Another 2,083 workers are not allowed to enter the station by the occupiers.
This was announced by Petro Kotin, president of NNEGC Enerhoatom, on the air of the telethon.
According to him, Enerhoatom communicates with the employees of the ZNPP unofficially because the Russian occupiers forbade nuclear workers to use communication means.
Kotin confirmed that the occupiers occasionally detained and tortured the stationʼs Ukrainian staff in order to force them to cooperate with Rosatom.
- The research of Ukrainian documentarians and investigators of international crimes, Truth Hounds, shows that since the beginning of the occupation of Energodar and ZNPP, the Russians have been systematically kidnapping and torturing ZNPP employees. The city and the station have been occupied since March 4, 2022.
- In October 2022, ZANP employees were threatened with layoffs if they did not sign labor contracts with Rosatom.