INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Ukraine on Thursday formally sacked and branded a traitor the Ukrainian engineer appointed by Moscow to head Europe's largest nuclear
facility, the Zaporizhzhia plant, which is under Russian occupation.Yuri Chernichuk, the facility's chief engineer, said on Wednesday that
charge by Moscow, confirmed his appointment.On Thursday, Ukraine's nuclear agency Energoatom formally sacked Chernichuk for "collaborative
and treasonous activities."Petro Kotin, who heads Energoatom, said Chernichuk had "betrayed Ukraine" and gone "over to the side of the
enemy.""Instead of making every effort to free the station as soon as possible, he decided to help Russian occupiers legalize its criminal
seizure and now incites other workers to do the same," Kotin said on Telegram."The Russian occupiers are putting more and more pressure on
the pro-Ukrainian staff of the plant, intimidating and blackmailing you
aggressor, and therefore enemies of your own compatriots."Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine soon after invading
the country in February.Russia and Ukraine have for months accused each other of shelling around the plant.The UN's atomic watchdog in
November denounced strikes on the plant's territory, calling for a "stop to this madness."
