Key facts
- The plant's Russian management said the employee was killed at home after finishing his shift.
- The plant's management said the worker was the 15th killed since April.
- The management statement said Ukrainian armed forces are continuing to strike homes in Enerhodar and nearby villages.
- The plant produces no electricity but needs an external power supply to keep fuel in the reactors cool.
- Rosatom head said in July that the plant's chief engineer was killed by a Ukrainian drone near the station.
A Ukrainian drone strike killed an employee of the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant at his home in southeastern Ukraine, the plant's Russian management said on November 11, 2026. The statement said the employee was killed after finishing his shift and that he was the 15th worker killed since April.
The management statement said Ukrainian armed forces are continuing to strike homes in Enerhodar and nearby villages, where many of the plant's staff live. "The fatigue from the nonstop shelling and its aftermath is growing rapidly," the statement said. "Living conditions in Enerhodar are directly linked to safety at the Zaporizhzhia plant."
The plant's management said a worker was killed earlier in the week of November 11, 2026, and that two people, including a female employee, were killed earlier in November 2026. The head of Russia's state nuclear corporation Rosatom said in July that the plant's chief engineer had been killed by a Ukrainian drone near the station.
Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, in the first weeks of its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Each side has since regularly accused the other of military actions liable to endanger nuclear safety. The plant produces no electricity but needs an external power supply to keep fuel in the reactors cool.