{"id":25761,"date":"2026-07-27T17:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=25761"},"modified":"2026-07-27T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:59:15","slug":"drony-pivdennoukrainskoi-aes-mahate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/suspilstvo\/drony-pivdennoukrainskoi-aes-mahate\/","title":{"rendered":"11 drones were spotted 3.5 km from the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">The South Ukraine Nuclear Power Station reported to the IAEA that 11 drones had been detected within its monitoring zone on Sunday. Some of the drones were detected at a distance of up to 3.5 kilometres from the site. The agency\u2019s team present at the plant at the time heard gunfire and the sounds of drones, according to an IAEA statement dated 26 June.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eleven drones were detected in the monitoring zone of the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Station.<\/li>\n<li>Some of the drones were 3.5 kilometres away from the site.<\/li>\n<li>The IAEA team at the plant heard gunfire and the sound of drones.<\/li>\n<li>The IAEA also reported drone activity near the Chernobyl site.<\/li>\n<li>The agency has called for the utmost military restraint in the vicinity of nuclear facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What is known about drone activity?<\/h2>\n<p>\u0423 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaea.org\/newscenter\/pressreleases\/update-355-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">message<\/a> The IAEA has not specified either the types of drones detected or their origin. The Agency has also not provided any information on damage or other consequences of this activity for the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Station.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the report on the drones came against the backdrop of ongoing military activity near Ukraine\u2019s nuclear facilities, which the agency\u2019s teams have been monitoring. It was the station itself that informed the IAEA about the drones in its monitoring zone.<\/p>\n<h2>The IAEA has called for the protection of nuclear power plant infrastructure<\/h2>\n<p>Director General of the IAEA <strong>Rafael Mariano Grossi<\/strong> He stated that repeated damage to the electrical infrastructure on which nuclear power stations depend poses serious risks to nuclear safety and security. He called for the utmost military restraint in the vicinity of all nuclear facilities and the energy infrastructure they rely on.<\/p>\n<p>This statement accompanied the announcement that repairs to a key power line and other energy infrastructure had been completed for <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/viyna\/obstril-zaporizkoi-tes-elektropostachannya-aes\/\">Zaporizhzhya NPP<\/a>. The work was carried out following demining operations, under a local ceasefire brokered by the IAEA.<\/p>\n<h2>The power supply situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station<\/h2>\n<p>The repairs concerned the 750-kilovolt \u00abDniprovska\u00bb line, which had been out of service since March, as well as the switchyard at the Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Station and the backup line connected to the \u00abFerosplavna-1\u00bb line. At present, \u00abFerosplavna-1\u00bb is the only line available to the station, and it has been taken offline on several occasions in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The refurbished \u00abDniprovska\u00bb line has not yet been brought into operation due to significant damage to the connected substation, located more than 100 kilometres north-west of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station. According to the IAEA, the restoration of this substation will not be completed in the near future, although work is continuing.<\/p>\n<h2>Drones were also spotted near Chernobyl<\/h2>\n<p>The Chernobyl site informed the agency of ten drones detected within its monitoring zone over the course of the week. In addition, three fires caused by drones crashing were recorded in the exclusion zone.<\/p>\n<p>The IAEA continues to provide assistance to Ukrainian institutions as part of its nuclear safety and security support programme. In particular, physical protection equipment has been supplied to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station, and mass decontamination systems have been supplied to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IAEA reported the presence of 11 drones near the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Station and called for maximum military restraint in the vicinity of nuclear facilities.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":25760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u041c\u0410\u0413\u0410\u0422\u0415 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043b\u043e \u043f\u0440\u043e 11 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432 \u0431\u0456\u043b\u044f \u041f\u0456\u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0410\u0415\u0421 \u0442\u0430 \u0437\u0430\u043a\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0434\u043e \u043c\u0430\u043a\u0441\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u043e\u0457 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0457 \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u043d\u0430\u0432\u043a\u043e\u043b\u043e \u044f\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0454\u043a\u0442\u0456\u0432.","rank_math_title":"\u0411\u0456\u043b\u044f \u041f\u0456\u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0410\u0415\u0421 \u0437\u0430\u0444\u0456\u043a\u0441\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 11 \u0434\u0440\u043e\u043d\u0456\u0432","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041f\u0456\u0432\u0434\u0435\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0410\u0415\u0421","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806778],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-suspilstvo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25763,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25761\/revisions\/25763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}