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Ukraine says Russian missile struck close from nuclear plant

Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile strike has hit just 300 meters (yards) from a nuclear power plant in the country's south

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

Ukraine says Russia strikes Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant, reactors undamaged

Russian troops struck the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant in Ukraine's southern Mykolaiv region early on Monday but its reactors have not been damaged and are working normally, Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom said.

Reuters · Sep 19, 2022

Pressure on Russian forces mounts after Ukraine's advances

Western defense officials and analysts say said they believe the Russian forces are setting up a new defensive line in Ukraine’s northeast after Kyiv’s troops broke through the previous one and tried to press their advances further into the east

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022

EXPLAINER: Ukraine's threatened nuclear plant shuts down

The last operating reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been shut down to reduce the threat of a radiation disaster amid the continuing fighting

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2022

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant halts operations in Ukraine amid fears of disaster during Russian invasion

The plant "is completely stopped" after the number 6 power unit from the grid is disconnected at 3:41am local time on Sunday, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy having called for the surrounding area to be demilitarised.

ABC News · Sep 11, 2022

Last Reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Stopped

Europe's largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine's electricity grid, allowing engineers to shut down its last operational reactor in an attempt to avoid a radiation disaster as fighting rages in the area. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant lost its outside source of power a week ago after all its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 11, 2022

Zelensky says key east Ukraine city of Izyum has been 'liberated'

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday confirmed Ukrainian troops had recaptured the strategic city of Izyum in the eastern part of the country from Russian forces as part of a large-scale counter-offensive. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant,…

France 24 · Sep 11, 2022

Last reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped

Ukraine's atomic power operator said Sunday that the last reactor at Europe's largest nuclear power plant has been shut down after the plant was reconnected to the electricity grid.

WEKU · Sep 11, 2022

The last reactor at Zaporizhzhia, Europe's largest nuclear power plant, has stopped

Ukraine's atomic power operator said power lines had been restored to the Zaporizhzhia plant and that they were preparing the reactor to be cooled and transferred to a safer state.

WEKU · Sep 11, 2022

Last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shut down

Preparations are under way for the facility’s ‘cooling and transfer to a cold state’, according to Ukraine authorities.

Al Jazeera · Sep 11, 2022