Ukrainian drones injure Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant workers, say Russian-backed officials
Recasts with statement from mayor, Rosatom, context
MOSCOW, July 3 (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack injured eight workers from the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and left a nearby town largely without power and water, Russian-backed officials said on Wednesday.
In a statement on Telegram, the plant's management said that eight staff had been injured during an attack by three Ukrainian kamikaze drones on an electricity substation near the plant in south-eastern Ukraine.
It said all of the injured workers were receiving medical treatment.
Reuters was not able to independently confirm what had happened and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Eduard Senovoz, the Russian-installed mayor of the nearby city of Enerhodar where the plant's workers live, said in a statement that the attack had left most of the city without power and water.
The attack was the third of its kind within two weeks, he said, adding that work was underway to repair the damage to the substation.
Alexei Likhachev, director general of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, said the attack was the first time that the power plant's workers had been deliberately put in danger.
In comments to Russian state TV channels, Likhachev called on the Vienna-based U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to assess what had happened.
"IAEA head Rafael Grossi has repeatedly said that the activities of nuclear cities, the lives of people, and especially the lives of nuclear power plant workers are 'sacred' elements of nuclear safety. Today they have been defiantly violated," Likhachev said.
The IAEA last month called for a halt to attacks on Enerhodar after earlier attacks on electricity substations in the area.
Reporting by Reuters
Editing by Andrew Osborn
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