A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from the bank of Kakhovka Reservoir near the town of Nikopol amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, 16 June 2023;
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(Reuters) - Ukrainian drones attacked a training centre at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday 11 September 2025, the Moscow-installed administration of the Russia-held plant in Ukraine said.
There were no casualties and information on potential damage was being clarified, the plant administration said.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.
The plant's communications director, Yevgeniya Yashina, told the state news agency RIA that such attacks create "a direct risk of violating nuclear safety. The training centre is only 300 metres from the reactors and an attack on them could lead to irreparable consequences."
The plant's Russian administration reported a similar incident on Saturday 6 September. It said Ukrainian drones hit the roof of the training centre but caused no major damage and no increase in radiation levels.
Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia plant in the first weeks of Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Each side regularly accuses the other of shelling or taking other actions that could trigger a nuclear accident.
