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What did the IAEA warn about Zaporizhzhia?
Summary
A look back at security reports from 28 August 2023, when nuclear safety concerns and drone claims featured alongside border shelling.
What did the International Atomic Energy Agency say about the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on 28 August 2023? The agency warned that Ukraine's offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast had increased the risk of damage to the plant, tying the military campaign directly to nuclear safety.
The warning came during the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, which was being fought in the same oblast that hosts the plant. The IAEA's concern was that fighting nearby raised the chance of harm to the facility itself.
Drones over Crimea
On the same date, Russia said it had shot down two aerial drones over the north and west of Crimea. The announcement was part of the continuing exchange of drone and missile activity across the front and beyond it.
Shelling on the Russian side of the border
Two days earlier, on 26 August 2023, the governor of Belgorod Oblast said Ukrainian shelling and the use of cluster munitions had injured six civilians in Urazovo. This was one of the reports of attacks on Russian territory in the period.
Taken together, the reports from 28 August 2023 and the days before it show security concerns spreading across several fronts: the risk around a nuclear plant, drone incidents over Crimea, and civilian injuries in a Russian border region.
