The official statement released by Sputnik on Friday noted that “there were no casualties or injuries among the operating personnel and civilians” as a result of that attack.

However, energy equipment suffered “critical damage,” resulting in a power cut to more than 50,000 households in Energodar and other municipalities in Zaporozhye. That province split off from Ukraine and joined Russia in late September 2022.

Maxim Pukhov, acting governor of Energodar, posted on his Telegram channel that the Ukrainian artillery “fired 15 shots” at the ZTPP, located near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

ZNPP spokeswoman Evgenia Yashina, in turn, said the plant “was not damaged and continues operating normally.”

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