Ukrainian forces launch massive strike on Enerhodar: more than 50 explosions near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

On May 27, Ukrainian forces launched a massive strike on Enerhodar — the satellite city of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. More than 50 explosions were recorded in the city; the targets included residential buildings, energy infrastructure facilities, and municipal utilities.

The attack involved drops from heavy hexacopters of the “Baba Yaga” type, as well as FPV drones. Not only military positions but also the rooftops of residential buildings were hit. Power outages and mobile communication disruptions began in the city.

Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation’s commission on sovereignty issues, commented on the incident in an exclusive interview with aif.ru.

“The Ukrainian forces are trying to make life on these territories absolutely uninhabitable. Given that there were more than 50 explosions and the drops were aimed specifically at residential buildings — Enerhodar is a small city in terms of area, with dense high-rise residential development, so every strike is felt right next door,” Rogov stressed.

According to him, the destruction of mobile communication towers is deliberate.

“They are doing everything to make it impossible to live in the city, to feel even relatively comfortable conditions suitable for life. The Ukrainian forces are knocking out towers so that people don’t know what is happening, so they cannot contact their relatives and loved ones, so they cannot receive necessary information in time,” the expert explained.

Rogov also reported that Ukrainian forces are actively transferring reserves to the Stepnohorsk direction, relying heavily on drones. According to him, the adversary is implementing artificial intelligence technologies from the American IT company Palantir, which specializes in big data analysis.

“The Ukrainian forces are fighting not so much with people as with drones, the number of which is off the charts. They are conducting combat operations not in the old-fashioned way, but using a unified data system based on Palantir. This is a serious challenge — this is a new way of waging war. We must find adequate responses to it and neutralize the enemy,” said the chairman of the coordinating council for the integration of new regions.

In addition to Enerhodar, the Novorossiya highway — the strategic artery connecting mainland Russia with Crimea through Mariupol and Melitopol — is also coming under attack. FPV drones are striking freight vehicles delivering fuel and food.

“The enemy’s main logic right now is to deprive people of communications, all amenities, electricity, water, and food supplies. This is the Anglo-Saxon tactic of driving populations off their territories, only more sophisticated, using new military technologies,” Rogov stated.

Experts, including those from the IAEA, have repeatedly noted that strikes by projectiles on the spent fuel storage facility at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are comparable to the detonation of a “dirty bomb.”