According to media reports on July 5, Renat Karchaa, adviser to the general director of Rosatom, said that the Ukrainian army plans to use drones and high-precision long-range weapons to attack the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on July 5, and the Ukrainian army also plans to drop ammunition containing radioactive nuclear waste transported from the South Ukraine nuclear power plant on July 3 from the plane to create a "dirty bomb" attack. If the drone and air strikes are unsuccessful, the Ukrainian army will use the Dot-U missile with radioactive nuclear waste as an alternative.
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on July 5 that the situation around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant is very tense, and if the Ukrainian authorities sabotage the nuclear power plant, the threat is great, and the consequences of the destruction may be catastrophic.
Ukrainian authorities have also accused Russia of preparing a blast at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 4 that Russia had placed explosive-like objects on the roof of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, and that Russia was either trying to imitate the "attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant" or had "another script."
The media reported on July 5 that the Ukrainian side cut off the 750kV power supply line of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant on July 4, and by cutting off the power supply of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian authorities have actually begun an attack on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the purpose of which is to paralyze the nuclear power plant or try to create a man-made disaster. On the evening of July 4, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine also issued guidelines for responding to nuclear accidents.