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Soldiers Massing Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plant, U.N. Official Warns
Amid signs of offensives and counteroffensives, concern is rekindling about what it will mean for the biggest nuclear plant in Europe.
Some Ukrainians Refuse to Leave Avdiivka Despite Russian Bombardment
In Avdiivka, as in Bakhmut and other devastated places on the front lines, most residents left long ago, but there are holdouts.
Torture and Turmoil at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Plant: An Insider’s Account
The former director of Europe’s largest nuclear facility describes abuse of Ukrainian workers and careless practices by the Russians who took control of the plant.
U.N. Official Heads to Ukrainian Nuclear Plant as Safety Fears Grow
The official met with President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the Zaporizhzhia plant, amid worries that a Ukrainian offensive could raise the already-high risk of disaster.
10 Drums of Nuclear Material Are Missing From Libya Site, U.N. Agency Says
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said that 2.5 tons of natural uranium concentrate was unaccounted for, but that the ore itself posed little radiation hazard.
Here’s why experts are concerned about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant’s safety risks.
The nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, has been forced to resort to its emergency diesel generators six times since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian Attacks Intensify in Eastern Ukraine Ahead of Expected Offensive
Russia is deploying hundreds of thousands of newly mobilized soldiers, in small groups, to probe for vulnerabilities in Ukrainian defensive lines.
Fears of Russian Nuclear Weapons Use Have Diminished for Now
Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, U.S. policymakers and intelligence analysts have more confidence that they understand at least some of President Vladimir V. Putin’s red lines.
Russian Attacks on Ukraine’s Power Grid Endanger Nuclear Plants, U.N. Agency Says
The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency called the effect of the strikes on the energy grid “very concerning.”