Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says a drone killed an electrician on his way to work; the IAEA confirms a staff death by drone
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The press service of the Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant said an electrical technician was killed on the morning of 9 November when a Ukrainian drone hit his car on his way to work in Enerhodar, RIA Novosti and Interfax reported; the plant's communications director Yevgenia Yashina said IAEA experts at the plant were informed, TASS and RIA Novosti reported. Rosatom head Alexey Likhachev said he was the fourth plant employee killed in two weeks and the fourteenth since April, Interfax reported. The IAEA said a plant employee was killed by a drone, the second in a few days, that a worker at the nearby Zaporizhzhia thermal power plant was also killed, and that Director General Rafael Grossi condemned attacks on plant staff, RBC-Ukraine reported; in that report the IAEA does not say who launched the drone. No Ukrainian account was found.
- When
- 9 November 2026
- Where
- Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine (military events are placed no finer than town or district, except known fixed sites)
- What
- drone attack · military
- Acting party
- General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- Attribution
- Attributed by one source. Only the Russian-run plant and Russian officials name Ukraine; the IAEA, as relayed, does not say who launched the drone.
- In the record
- Published 2026-11-10 01:43 UTC
Sources
- Where the claim was made RIA Novosti
- Where the claim was made Interfax
- Where the claim was made RIA Novosti
- Where the claim was made RIA Novosti
- Where the claim was made TASS
- Where the claim was made RIA Novosti
- Where the claim was made TASS
- Where the claim was made Interfax
- Evidence RBC-Ukraine
History
- First recorded 10 Nov, 04:22 UTC, as reported (one origin only).
Cite or reuse
The War Record, "Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says a drone killed an electrician on his way to work; the IAEA confirms a staff death by drone", record ev-20261110-36pb, version 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261110-36pb/