Fears grow about Ukraine’s imperiled nuclear plant.
Tag: Zaporizhzhia Power Plant (Ukraine)
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.
How Ukraine’s Battered Steel Industry Galvanized Its War Effort
Ukraine’s iron- and steel-producing factories have made body armor, helmets and armored plates for vehicles — and steelworkers risked their lives rolling out heavy machinery at the beginning of the war to help physically block the Russian advance.
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.
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.
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.
Russia Blasts Ukrainian Cities, Including Biggest Use of Advanced Missiles
Of 81 missiles fired, six were hypersonic weapons, among Russia’s newest and most advanced, which are all but impossible to shoot down.
Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant Conditions Have Deteriorated, Ukraine Says
The International Atomic Energy Agency last week warned that the situation at the plant, which Moscow seized soon after its invasion in February, was “precarious.”
Ukraine Calls for Evacuations From a Russian-Controlled Area
A Ukrainian official urged civilians to leave the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, across from the city of Kherson, warning of the “possible intensification of hostilities” there.
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