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Ukrainian drones knock out two substations near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Russia-installed officials say

June 21 - Russian-installed officials said on Friday that Ukrainian drone attacks had put out of action two electricity substations in Enerhodar, the town serving the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and cut power to most of its residents. Ukrainian drones knock out two substations near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Russia-installed officials say But an official at the occupied Zaporizhzhia …

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6 months ago

Ukrainian drones strike town near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia-installed official says

Live Mint

June 22 - A Russian-installed official said on Saturday that Ukrainian attack drones again struck Enerhodar, a town near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, after drones earlier in the week hit two of the town's electric substations. An official at the occupied Zaporizhzhia station, Europe's largest nuclear plant with six reactors, had initially reported that it was unaffected by …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 567

Al Jazeera

Here is the situation on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. Ukraine’s military intelligence later released footage of the attacks, saying they targeted a building where Russian passports were being issued, two places where up to 12 Russian officers were located and a radio communication point. The UK’s defence ministry said that Russia had in recent days recalibrated the posture of its …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Russia deploys feared Chechen unit to police Ukrainian nuclear town

Al Jazeera

Pro-Kremlin Chechen fighters accused of atrocities are trusted to work at the company town of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Al Jazeera has learned. “In Chechnya, this structure is well-known for its crimes,” Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a fugitive Chechen video blogger and one of the most outspoken critics of Kadyrov, told Al Jazeera. “Chechens are always by themselves, they’re the elite, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of preparing imminent attack on nuclear plant

LA Times

Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world’s largest nuclear power plants, which is located in southeastern Ukraine and occupied by Russian troops, but neither side provided evidence to support its claims of an imminent threat. Citing intelligence reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky alleged Tuesday night that Russian troops had placed “objects resembling …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Ukraine war: Situation around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ‘potentially dangerous’, says IAEA

Live Mint

The head of the U.N.'s nuclear power watchdog warned on Saturday that the situation around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear station has become "potentially dangerous" as Moscow-installed officials began evacuating people from nearby areas. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, called for measures to ensure the safe operation of Europe's largest nuclear plant as evacuations were under …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The U.S. Is On The Cusp Of A New Nuclear Energy Milestone — And Debate

Huff Post

The first new nuclear reactor built from scratch in the United States in nearly half a century successfully split its first atoms last week, signaling that one of the country’s biggest and most controversial energy projects could finally be nearing completion. The nuclear plant has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power Co. said March …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Russian commander says situation ‘tense’ for his forces in Ukraine: Key updates

Hindustan Times

The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare admission of pressures his forces face from Ukrainian offensives, a report said. "The situation in the area of the 'Special Military Operation' can be described as tense," Sergei Surovikin, the Russian air force general who now commands Russia's invasion forces said, Reuters reported. As Russia aims to retake southern …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Ukraine nuclear workers recount abuse, threats from Russians

Associated Press

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Alone in his apartment in the Russian-occupied city of Enerhodar in southeastern Ukraine, nuclear plant security guard Serhiy Shvets looked out his kitchen window in late May and saw gunmen approaching on the street below. Shvets, who survived the shooting, is among workers from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant recounting their fears of being abducted and tortured …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Ukraine nuclear workers recount abuse, threats from Russians

LA Times

Serhiy Shvets, an employee at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, speaks in his apartment in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Sept. 22. Ukraine’s state nuclear operator, Energoatom, said it considers Putin’s decree “worthless” and “absurd.” It said the plant would continue to be operated by Energoatom as part of the Ukrainian energy system. A good life before the war Life was good for …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation for Ukraine, threatens enemies

Deccan Chronicle

KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a partial mobilization in Russia as the war in Ukraine reaches nearly seven months and Moscow loses ground on the battlefield. Putin accused the West in engaging in “nuclear blackmail” and noted “statements of some high-ranking representatives of the leading NATO states about the possibility of using nuclear weapons of mass destruction …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine says Russian missile struck close to nuclear plant

LA Times

A Russian missile blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Monday, not damaging its three reactors but hitting other industrial equipment in what Ukrainian authorities denounced as an act of “nuclear terrorism.” The missile struck within 325 yards of the reactors at the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk in Mykolaiv …

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2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Ukraine’s nuclear power plant shutdown cuts risks

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — The forced shutdown of Ukraine’s endangered and crippled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant — Europe’s largest — significantly reduces the risk of a radiation disaster that has haunted the world for weeks. The last of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant’s six nuclear reactors was shut down Sunday because Russia’s military actions in Ukraine had repeatedly cut reliable external power …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 199

Al Jazeera

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 199th day, we take a look at the main developments. Ukraine’s rapid territorial gains have caught Russia off guard at a vulnerable section of its front line in an attack that threatens an important supply hub used by Russian forces in the east, military analysts said. Fighting President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces liberated …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Nuclear power plant operating in emergency mode as Ukraine-Russia war rages on

ABC

Ukraine's state nuclear energy operator says Europe's largest nuclear power plant is operating in emergency mode with elevated risk. Key points: The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is without an outside source of electricity The last powerline connecting the plant to the Ukrainian electricity grid was cut on Monday It is now receiving power for its own safety systems from …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Shelling resumes near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, with the warring sides trading blame again on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. atomic watchdog agency pressed for a safe zone there to prevent a catastrophe. Vladimir Rogov, head of the Russia-installed Enerhodar administration, said on Telegram that heavy Ukrainian fighting had caused the city’s blackout, and Russia’s …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Energy problems in Ukraine and Europe take center stage

LA Times

A Ukrainian soldier holds a watermelon and gives a thumbs-up as a rocket launch system fires Saturday on the front lines in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Energy problems plagued Ukraine and Europe as much of the Russian-occupied region that’s home to a largely crippled nuclear power plant was reported temporarily in blackout Sunday. European Union energy ministers were slated to hold …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine's nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting

India TV News

Russia-Ukraine war: The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line, but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shelling in the area. Grossi said their presence at the site is “a game changer.” Russia's Defence Ministry said that …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Fog of war: Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces

Al Jazeera

Both sides have claimed battlefield victories in the initial days of what Ukrainians described as a potential turning point in the war. Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture the first major city to fall to Russia, Kherson, continues as its forces attacked command posts and Moscow’s troops retaliated with a ground assault to stymie the operation. Ukraine’s southern command spokesperson, Natalia Humeniuk, …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: Don’t wake the nuclear giant on our doorstep

CNN

Editor’s Note: Sasha Dovzhyk is a special projects curator at the Ukrainian Institute London and Associate Lecturer in Ukrainian at School of Slavonic and East-European Studies, University College London. Sasha Dovzhyk with her best friend Diliara Didenko in Zaporizhzhia, 2002. courtesy Sasha Dovzhyk Growing up in Zaporizhzhia, the south eastern Ukrainian city some 50 kilometers away from the largest nuclear …

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2 years, 3 months ago

U.N. inspectors reach Ukrainian nuclear plant despite fierce fighting

LA Times

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi, second from left, is leading a mission to the embattled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. A United Nations inspection team entered Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Thursday on a mission to safeguard it from catastrophe, reaching the site amid fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces that prompted the shutdown of one …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Questions, tensions swirl as U.N. mission heads to Ukraine nuclear plant

The Hindu

U.N. nuclear inspectors set off for Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on August 31 after weeks of shelling nearby sparked fears of a Fukushima-style radiation disaster, with tensions rising between Kyiv and Moscow over the visit. “The situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and in Enerhodar and surrounding areas remains extremely dangerous,” Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said late on Tuesday. …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Ukraine makes push along entire front line as IAEA team heads for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

ABC

Ukrainian troops have attacked Russian positions along the entire front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said. Key points: Mr Zelenskyy says "active military engagement is now happening along the whole front line" The new offensive comes as a team from the IAEA travels to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Russia says it has halted gas supplies to Germany, citing the need …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Zaporizhzhia: IAEA to visit Zaporizhia nuclear plant ‘in next few days,’ as Ukraine officials hand out iodine pills

CNN

CNN — International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant later this week, as the city’s authorities made iodine pills available to residents due to fears over a possible nuclear accident. Both Ukrainian and Russian officials welcomed the forthcoming trip, with a Russian diplomat on Monday saying the mission consisted “of about a …

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Ukrainian drones knock out two substations near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Russia-installed officials say

Ukrainian drones strike town near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russia-installed official says

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 567

Russia deploys feared Chechen unit to police Ukrainian nuclear town

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of preparing imminent attack on nuclear plant

Ukraine war: Situation around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ‘potentially dangerous’, says IAEA

The U.S. Is On The Cusp Of A New Nuclear Energy Milestone — And Debate

Russian commander says situation ‘tense’ for his forces in Ukraine: Key updates

Ukraine nuclear workers recount abuse, threats from Russians

Ukraine nuclear workers recount abuse, threats from Russians

Putin orders partial Russian mobilisation for Ukraine, threatens enemies

Ukraine says Russian missile struck close to nuclear plant

EXPLAINER: Ukraine’s nuclear power plant shutdown cuts risks

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 199

Nuclear power plant operating in emergency mode as Ukraine-Russia war rages on

Shelling resumes near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks

Energy problems in Ukraine and Europe take center stage

Ukraine's nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting

Fog of war: Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces

Opinion: Don’t wake the nuclear giant on our doorstep

U.N. inspectors reach Ukrainian nuclear plant despite fierce fighting

Questions, tensions swirl as U.N. mission heads to Ukraine nuclear plant

Ukraine makes push along entire front line as IAEA team heads for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Zaporizhzhia: IAEA to visit Zaporizhia nuclear plant ‘in next few days,’ as Ukraine officials hand out iodine pills