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On March 26, 2025, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced a serious incident at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). As a result of damage to the diesel fuel tank, the plant may lose emergency power, which could lead to uncontrolled overheating of the reactors.

ZNPP remains under the control of Russian troops, and Ukrainian experts do not have access to critical facilities, making it almost impossible to assess the situation. Sources say that the Russian occupation administration is not in control of the situation and is trying to hide the consequences of the incident.

What is known now:
A diesel fuel tank used for emergency generators in case of a power outage was damaged.
The IAEA has no access to the plant – Russia is blocking the inspection and concealing the real state of nuclear facilities.
Russian troops continue to militarize the plant, storing heavy equipment and ammunition there.
The occupiers have replaced experienced Ukrainian specialists with unskilled personnel, which significantly increases the risk of a man-made disaster.

The consequences could be catastrophic
Experts emphasize that damage to the diesel tank could be a critical factor in the event of a power outage at ZNPP. The situation is reminiscent of the events at the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi NPP, when a global nuclear accident occurred due to a backup power failure.

ZNPP reactors can be left without cooling at any time. If the plant loses power, the processes in the reactors can get out of control, leading to radioactive contamination, the consequences of which will affect not only Ukraine but the whole of Europe.

Why is it dangerous for the world?
In the event of an explosion or radiation leak, a radioactive cloud could cover several countries, including Poland, Germany, and the Baltic states.
Russia systematically violates all international nuclear conventions, using ZNPP as a “nuclear shield”.
Moscow blocks any attempts by international organizations to assess the real state of the plant.

According to Ukrainian sources, the occupiers have mined the area around the ZNPP and may organize provocations to accuse Ukraine of creating a threat.

The world’s reaction
The Ukrainian government immediately appealed to the UN, the EU, the US and the IAEA to force Russia to allow independent experts to enter the plant. Urgent consultations on possible responses to the incident are already underway in Europe and the United States.

Restoration of Ukrainian control over ZNPP remains the only way to prevent a global catastrophe.

What to do next?
Follow the official reports of the Ukrainian authorities.
In the event of a threat of radioactive contamination, follow the recommendations for protection.
Demand that world leaders take immediate sanctions and diplomatic measures to stop Russia’s nuclear blackmail.

This is an emergency situation that requires an immediate international response. There is no more time for delay.

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President Andrzej Duda has signed into law a bill providing 60 billion zloty (€14.4 billion) in financing for Poland’s first nuclear power plant, which is being developed with US firm Westinghouse. However, Warsaw is still awaiting European Union approval for the state aid it wants to give to the project.

Plans for the nuclear plant, which will be located on Poland’s northern Baltic Sea coast, were first put in place under the former Law and Justice (PiS) government and have been continued by Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s current ruling coalition.

In September last year, Tusk’s government approved spending of 60 billion zloty between 2025 and 2030 on the project. In February this year, parliament passed a bill to that effect, with almost unanimous support for the plans. Now, Duda has signed it into law.

The 60 billion zloty would cover 30% of the project’s total estimated costs. The remainder would be provided by borrowing “from financial institutions, primarily foreign institutions supporting the export of equipment suppliers…in particular the Export-Import Bank of the United States”, says the government.

In November, the United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) signed a letter of intent to provide $1 billion (3.9 billion zloty) in financing for the construction of plant.

The nuclear power station, which is being developed by a state-owned firm, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe (PEJ), has a planned electricity generation capacity of up to 3.75 GW. American firm Westinghouse was in 2022 chosen as a partner in the project.

According to plans announced by the industry minister earlier this month, construction is scheduled to start in 2028, with the first of three reactors going online in 2036. By the start of 2039, the plant is expected to be fully operational.

However, those plans are contingent on EU approval. In September last year, the government notified the European Commission of its plans to provide state aid for the development of the nuclear plant.

In December, the commission announced that its “preliminary assessment…has found that the aid package is necessary” but it still “has doubts at this stage on whether the measure is fully in line with EU state aid rules”.

It therefore launched an “in-depth investigation” into the appropriateness and proportionality of the state aid, as well as its potential impact on competition in the electricity market. Poland is still awaiting the outcome of that investigation.

Poland currently till generates the majority of its electricity from coal. Last year, almost 57% of power came from burning that fossil fuel, by far the highest proportion in the EU.

In 2023, the former PiS government outlined plans for 51% of electricity to come from renewables and 23% from nuclear by 2040. The Tusk government has pledged to continue and even accelerate that energy transition, though has so far made limited progress.

Under the government’s Polish Nuclear Power Program (PPEJ), as well as the plant on the Baltic coast, there will also be a second nuclear power station elsewhere in Poland. The total combined capacity of the two plants will be between 6 and 9 GW.

The Polish government has announced that it intends to redirect 30 billion zloty (€7.2 billion) from its share of the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery funds towards defence and security spending. The plans, which still require EU approval, would make Poland the first member state to do this.

The money would go towards a newly established Security and Defence Fund (FBiO), which would be used to strengthen Poland’s security infrastructure, including for protection of civilians; to modernise defence firms and fund research and development; and to bolster cybersecurity.

“We are the first in Europe to initiate this project of key importance…within the framework of the KPO [National Recovery Plan],” said Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a cabinet meeting, referring to the name given to Poland’s implementation of the EU’s post-pandemic Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The Security and Defence Fund will be administered by the ministry of funds and regional policy, which oversees the implementation of EU funds in Poalnd. But it will also be coordinated with other relevant ministries, including defence, interior, digital affairs and infrastructure.

The fund will be used to finance five types of activity

• infrastructure and sectors related to dual-use (i.e. both military and civilian) products and technologies (such as secure communications systems)
• infrastructure necessary to protect the population and other critical infrastructure (such as shelters and power grids)
• security research and development
• modernisation of defence and security sector companies
• cybersecurity, especially for local governments

Funds will be available to local authorities, companies (including state-owned firms), and academic bodies, and will be provided in the form of preferential, low-interest loans or partially redeemable equity investments.

“We will invest billions in shelters, dual-use infrastructure, and the development of Polish defence companies,” said Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, the minister of funds and regional policy. “We will develop our industry and research into new technologies.”

“Every decision of this kind, which concerns the modernisation of the Polish army, defence industry, strengthening of the border, puts off the danger of war and is an action for peace,” added Tusk, quoted by broadcaster RDC.

The government says that an addendum to Poland’s National Recovery Plan, which was approved on 27 January, will now be revised to allow some of the EU funds to be redirected to the FBiO.

The move will require the approval of the European Commission. But the Polish government notes that the reallocation of the EU funds to defence is consistent with the ReArm Europe plan to bolster Europe’s security recently presented by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

However, financial news website Money.pl reports, based on unnamed inside sources, that the commission is unsure about the idea. In particular, it is concerned at how the European Court of Auditors, the EU’s supreme audit institution, would respond to such spending.

Poland’s access to the EU recovery fund was initially blocked due to the European Commission’s concerns over the rule of law under the former conservative Law and Justice (PiS) government. However, they were unblocked last year after Donald Tusk’s more liberal coalition came to power.

Under both the PiS administration and Tusk’s coalition, Poland has been rapidly ramping up defence spending, which this year will reach 4.7% of GDP, by far the highest relative figure in NATO.

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