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Greenpeace has released a report alleging that Russia is deliberately sabotaging the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant’s electrical grid in Ukraine while falsely blaming Ukrainian forces. Using satellite imagery analysis by McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS), Greenpeace found no evidence supporting Russian claims of attacks by Ukrainian artillery and drones, instead concluding that Russia is engaging in a disinformation campaign to distract from its occupation. The report highlights the critical importance of maintaining stable power supply at the plant for nuclear safety.
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Greenpeace has accused Russia of deliberately sabotaging Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant's electricity supply in southeastern Ukraine. The environmental group claims that Russia is spreading misinformation about the attacks on the facility while actually posing significant risks to reactor safety systems, including cooling pumps for nuclear fuel and spent fuel pools. Greenpeace and London-based McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) used satellite imagery analysis to refute Russian assertions of Ukrainian involvement in damaging its own power plant infrastructure; they found no evidence supporting Russian claims of Ukrainian attacks. Shaun Burnie, a nuclear specialist at Greenpeace Ukraine, emphasized that the disinformation campaign aims to obscure Russia's illegal occupation and war-related threats to nuclear safety.
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Russia is sabotaging the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in occupied southeastern Ukraine and blaming it on Kyiv to “confuse and distract” from the threats posed by its “illegal occupation and war”, Greenpeace has warned.
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Greenpeace → sabotage → occupation
In a report published on Thursday, the environmental group concluded that Moscow is “deliberately sabotaging” the plant’s electricity supply while engaging in a “disinformation campaign” about the attacks.
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Moscow → publish → attacks
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Greenpeace Ukraine and London-based McKenzie Intelligence Services (MIS) analysed satellite imagery of the site and found no evidence of Russian claims that Ukrainian attacks had occurred.
“The satellite imagery and evidence is clear – Ukraine did not attack its own Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant electricity system,” said Shaun Burnie, a nuclear specialist at Greenpeace Ukraine.
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Burnie → warn → Ukraine
“This is part of a massive disinformation campaign, enacted by Moscow to confuse and distract from the real safety threats caused only by their illegal occupation and war.
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“The repeated loss of external power at [the plant] is the result of Russian military attacks on Ukraine’s electricity grid and sabotage operations at [the plant] and associated switchyards,” he said.
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he → repeat → plant
MIS analysed several satellite images of the 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 power line near the Zaporizhzhia plant provided by Airbus’s defence and space division.
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MIS → analyse → division
The images were taken between October 2025 and June 2026 and analysed to assess whether damage at the site was caused by Ukrainian artillery fire on February 10 and a Ukrainian drone strike on June 4, as Moscow alleged.
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Moscow → take → June
MIS concluded that the damage to the power line was inconsistent with artillery fire or drone strikes.
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damage → conclude → fire
It added that artillery fire would usually leave a pattern of impact craters and dispersed damage across the targeted area, which was not visible.
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which → add → area
MIS also found that the damage allegedly caused by a Ukrainian drone strike on June 4 was already visible before the supposed attack.
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damage → find → attack
According to the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ferosplavna-1 is Zaporizhzhia’s only remaining external power line.
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Ferosplavna-1 → accord → watchdog
Last month, the IAEA stressed the importance of a stable electricity supply at the plant to ensure nuclear safety.
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IAEA → stress → safety
Greenpeace echoed that warning on Thursday, saying that a stable electricity supply is crucial to “operate essential reactor safety systems, including pumps that provide cooling for nuclear fuel in reactor cores and spent fuel pools”.
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that → echo → cores
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