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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Bosses Attempting to Flee ‘En Masse’, Says Kyiv
Newsweek
5/3/23 10:17 AM EDT
https://www.newsweek.com/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-counteroffensive-ukraine-russia-1798041

Zaporizhzhia: What We Know About The Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant

Russia-installed managers at the Moscow-occupied atomic energy power plant in Zaporizhzhia are trying to leave the site over concerns about Ukraine’s expected counteroffensive, according to the country’s nuclear operator.

Energoatom said on Telegram that the Moscow-appointed director of the site, Yuriy Chernichuk, had left the town of Enerhodar, where the plant is located, for occupied Crimea on Monday. The Ukrainian state enterprise had also said that the “pseudo management” of the site had urgently asked to go on leave.

“The current so-called managers of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant show a desire to ‘rest’ en masse closer to the Kerch Strait, asking the Russians to go on vacation,” said the post, according to a translation. The Kerch Strait separates Russia from Russian-occupied Crimea.

“However, due to the critical lack of personnel, middle-level ‘managers’ have not agreed to this,” the post added.
“The traitors are looking for ways to evacuate, because they understand that the (Ukrainian) Armed Forces are already close, so there is very little time left to escape,” it said.

Energoatom’s post on Tuesday called for “the brave workers of the Zaporizhzhia station not to sign any contracts with the enemy in the future, so as not to become direct aids of the aggressor and not to destroy their own futures.” Newsweek has contacted Energoatom for further comment.
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