Likhachev: Yakhovlev, Chief Engineer of the Zaporozhskaya NPP, died… (погибнуть · инженер · яковлев)
Likhachev: Yakhovlev, Chief Engineer of the Zaporozhskaya NPP, died from a drone strike by Ukrainian forces. Rostatom Chairman Alexey Likhachev stated that Chief Engineer Alexander Yakhovlev was killed as a result of a drone attack.
Consensus
- Alexander Yakovlev, chief engineer of Zaporozhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, died on July 15, 2024.
- The attack occurred on a service vehicle used by Yakovlev.
- The vehicle was at the boundary between the industrial site of the power plant and the city of Enerhodar.
- Yakovlev's driver also died in the incident.
- The drone attack was attributed to Ukrainian forces by Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev.
- Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev reported the event to political leadership.
- Likhachev expressed expectation for an operational, specific, and clear response from IAEA (MAAGATÉ).
- The Zaporozhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been under Russian control since March 2022.
Points of divergence
- The driver, Dmitry Filippov, sustained fatal injuries in the attack. — vesti
Coverage (10 sources)
- Chief Engineer of Russia's Occupied Zaporozhskaya NPP and His Driver Killed in Drone Attack — Дождь
- Rosatom: Chief Engineer of Zaporozhskaya NPP Killed in Attack by Ukrainian Drone — Meduza
- Chief Engineer of Russia-Occupied Zaporozhskaya NPP and His Driver Killed in Drone Attack — Дождь (Telegram)
- Main Engineer of Zaporozhskaya AEC Alexander Yakovlev Killed in Attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces — Вести
- Chief Engineer of Zaporozhskaya NPP Alexander Yakovlev Killed in Drone Attack on Service Vehicle — Baza
- Likhachev: Zaporozhskaya AEC Chief Engineer Yakovlev Killed by Drone Strike — Вечерняя Москва
- Chief Engineer of Zaporozhskaya NPP Alexander Yakovlev Killed by Drone Strike, Rosatom Head Alexey Lyakhachev Declares — Varlamov News
- Chief Engineer of the Zaporizhzhia NPP Killed by Drone Strike — Фонтанка
- Chief Engineer of Russia-Occupied Zaporozhsk NPP Alexander Yakovlev Killed by Ukrainian Drone Strike, Rosatom Head Says — ASTRA
- Chief Engineer of ZAP Alexander Yakovlev Killed by Drone Strike — Коммерсантъ