{"id":4519,"date":"2025-11-09T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=4519"},"modified":"2025-11-09T11:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:30:48","slug":"russian-missiles-target-ukrainian-nuclear-facilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/main-news\/russian-missiles-target-ukrainian-nuclear-facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian missiles target Ukraine's nuclear facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"123\">Russian missiles now target Ukraine's nuclear facilities - Financial Times<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"125\" data-end=\"710\">According to the Financial Times, in the nighttime massive Russian attack on Ukraine, the following were targeted <strong data-start=\"200\" data-end=\"299\">substations that feed two Ukrainian nuclear power plants - Rivne NPP and Khmelnytsky NPP<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"341\" \/>According to Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, these are <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"473\">a planned operation that \u00abdeliberately endangers nuclear safety in Europe\u00bb<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"515\" \/>The attack involved approximately <strong data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"602\">45 cruise and ballistic missiles and 458 drones<\/strong>, The Ukrainian air defence forces shot down only nine missiles and 406 drones.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"712\" data-end=\"733\">Why it matters<\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"1204\">\n<li data-start=\"734\" data-end=\"920\">\n<p data-start=\"736\" data-end=\"920\">Nuclear power plants and their supporting infrastructure are critical to safety - damage to substations jeopardises their operation and can cause a man-made disaster.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1028\">\n<p data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1028\">This attack is an effort by Russia to \u00abde-infrastructure\u00bb Ukraine and exert pressure through the energy system.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1029\" data-end=\"1204\">\n<p data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1204\">Ukraine calls on the international community, in particular the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to respond urgently to this threat.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1219\">What's next<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1220\" data-end=\"1530\">Analysts note that such strikes change the nature of warfare - when energy and nuclear infrastructure is targeted, it increases the risk for both Ukraine and the whole of Europe. At the same time, Ukraine needs to <strong data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1504\">Strong air defence systems, modernised energy grid and international assistance<\/strong> to protect these facilities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0438 \u0442\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0440 \u043d\u0430\u0446\u0456\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0456 \u043d\u0430 \u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0456 \u043e\u0431\u2019\u0454\u043a\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u2014 Financial Times \u0417\u0430 \u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 Financial Times, \u0432 \u043d\u0456\u0447\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0441\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0439 \u0430\u0442\u0430\u0446\u0456 \u0420\u0424 \u043f\u043e \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u0431\u0443\u043b\u0438 \u0446\u0456\u043b\u043b\u044e \u043f\u0456\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0456\u0457, \u0449\u043e \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043b\u044f\u0442\u044c \u0434\u0432\u0430 \u0443\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0430\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043d\u0456 \u0435\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0456\u0457 \u2014 \u0420\u0456\u0432\u043d\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0410\u0415\u0421 \u0442\u0430 \u0425\u043c\u0435\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u0410\u0415\u0421.\u0417\u0430 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u041c\u0417\u0421 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u0410\u043d\u0434\u0440\u0456\u0439 \u0421\u0438\u0431\u0456\u0433\u0430, \u0446\u0435 \u2014 \u0441\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u044f, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u00ab\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043e \u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u043f\u0456\u0434 \u0437\u0430\u0433\u0440\u043e\u0437\u0443 \u044f\u0434\u0435\u0440\u043d\u0443 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043f\u0435\u043a\u0443 \u0432 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":4520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0456 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805616],"tags":[806754],"class_list":{"0":"post-4519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-main-news","8":"tag-806754"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519","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=4519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4521,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4519\/revisions\/4521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}