Russia has targeted Ukrainian nuclear power plants – what does it threaten – NYT – Ukraine

The IAEA refuses to send its permanent staff to monitor.

Russia's strikes on critical substations connected to Ukrainian nuclear power plants threaten catastrophe.

This was reported by The New York Times on Friday, November 29, with reference to experts.

According to the IAEA, since August of this year, Russia has targeted distribution substations associated with nuclear power plants in order to deprive Ukraine of the last large power generation capacities.

Previously, Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sector were focused mainly on thermal and hydroelectric power plants, as well as on their power transmission facilities.

Ukraine's energy system has survived precisely because a large part of electricity production depends on nuclear plants, which have not yet been directly attacked.

But even attacks on distribution substations,…