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Ukrainian Nuclear Company Says Russia Has Kidnapped Two Officials From Zaporizhzhya Plant

By RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service October 18, 2022

Ukraine's state nuclear energy company Enerhoatom accused Russia on October 18 of "kidnapping" two senior staff at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant in southern Ukraine.

The plant's head of information technology, Oleh Kostyukov, and Oleh Oshek, an assistant to the nuclear station's director, were seized on October 17, Enerhoatom wrote on the Telegram app on October 18.

"At present, nothing is known of their whereabouts or condition," Enerhoatom's statement said.

Enerhoatom called on International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi "to make every effort" to secure their release.

The IAEA said Russia detained the chief of the power station, Ihor Murashov, for several days late last month before eventually releasing him on October 3.

Russian troops captured the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, Europe's largest, at the beginning of March, in the early days of Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

With reporting by Reuters and AFP

Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zaporizhzhia- nuclear-kidnapped-officials-russia/32089377.html

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