Petro Kotin, president of Ukraine’s Nationwide Nuclear Vitality Building Organization Energoatom, explained to this to The Economist, Ukrinform reports, referring to the company’s Telegram channel.

There are now close to 500 Russian troops on site, their armored autos cached in the turbine halls and in underground bunkers designed to shelter workers in circumstance of a nuclear incident, according to The Economist journalists. More are garrisoned in the occupied nearby city of Enerhodar.

“The Russians use the plant like a armed forces foundation. They fully grasp that nobody from Ukraine will shell it, no person will attack the plant specifically. This is a protected place for retaining their army cars and their staff,” Kotin was quoted as declaring by the media outlet.

Kotin included that the Russians had needed to connect the Zaporizhzhia plant to the Crimean grid they command, in purchase to steal Ukrainian electrical power. But they have been unable to do so because of hurt to electrical substations induced by the combating.

“Ideal now, it seems to be like they are not producing any additional makes an attempt to reconnect. They are stuck,” Kotin claimed.