Russia ‘sabotaging’ power supply lines at Zaporizhzhia plant: Greenpeace

Investigation finds no evidence of Russia’s claims that Ukrainian attacks hit the nuclear power plant.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.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.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3India warns new US tariffs over Russian oil could impact tieslist 2 of 3At least 19 injured in Russian attacks across Ukrainelist 3 of 3US tariffs against Russian oil buyers pass: What it means for China, Indiaend of listGreenpeace 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" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="205977" data-entity-type="organization">Greenpeace 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.”“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.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. 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.