MOSCOW, October 5 /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have been systematically shelling the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant for the past two weeks, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev told reporters.

"For the past two weeks, the Ukrainian armed forces have been systematically shelling the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant, the second largest energy facility in Energodar. The plant is not a nuclear facility, so it is of no interest to the international community. At the same time, however, the safety of the nuclear power plant depends directly on the operational readiness of the equipment located on the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant’s grounds. Specifically, we are talking about electrical equipment on the grounds that redirects electricity from the Ferrosplavnaya high-voltage lines to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. Two weeks ago, due to constant Ukrainian shelling, a transformer that powered this equipment was damaged. And for two weeks now, emergency diesel generators have been maintaining the operational capability of these critically important systems," he said.