Nuclear plants throttle down after 9th combined Russian air attack on Ukraine

10:58, 23.12.2025 1 min read

As a result of the massive attack on the energy sector, the ninth since the beginning of the year, nuclear power plants have been forced to reduce their capacity, Acting Minister of Energy Artem Nekrasov has said.

"The increase in the capacity of nuclear power plants to nominal values will occur gradually, as soon as the energy sector restores the networks damaged by the enemy," he said during a briefing at the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday, which was broadcast online.

According to him, strikes on the infrastructure that provides power for domestic needs and the output of nuclear power plants are a gross violation of international requirements for nuclear safety and should not remain unnoticed by the world community.