The Latest Breaking News from Zaporizhzhia

Ukrainian Officials Accuse Russia of Shelling From Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Ukrainian officials have accused Russia of using a captured nuclear power plant as a place to store and launch weapons. As Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukrainian cities, air-raid sirens sounded in Kyiv on Saturday. Overnight explosions made for a tense night in Ukraine, where cities have recently come…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 16, 2022

Russia accused of shelling from Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine

The president of the Ukrainian nuclear agency said on Friday that Russian forces are using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine as a base for storing and launching weapons. Russia’s defence ministry said Saturday that its forces destroyed a Ukrainian factory in the city of Dnipro that produced…

France 24 · Jul 16, 2022

Moscow proxies in southern Ukraine aim for September vote on joining Russia

Russian-installed officials in a region of Ukraine partly under Moscow's control are aiming to stage a referendum on joining Russia in September, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing a local official.

Reuters · Jul 14, 2022

IAEA loses transmission from Ukraine's Russian-held nuclear power plant

The U.N. atomic watchdog said on Wednesday it had again lost its connection to its surveillance systems keeping track of nuclear material at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Europe's largest, which the watchdog wants to inspect.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022

IAEA voices concern for staff at Ukrainian nuclear plant, demands access

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is increasingly concerned about the welfare of Ukrainian staff at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, Europe's largest, it said on Friday, adding that it must go there as soon as possible.

Reuters · Jun 24, 2022

Fearless Ukrainian women determined to fight Russian invaders with machine guns

Ukrainian fighter experts have created a programme in Zaporizhzhia in the south east of the war ravaged country to teach civilian women how to use powerful automatic guns

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2022

Russian helicopter blasted by Ukrainian missile before crashing in huge fireball

The Russian chopper burst into a ball of flames after being struck by a Ukrainian missile in an area just inside the region of Donetsk, on the border with Zaporizhzhia

Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022

Ukraine restores internet link between occupied nuclear plant and IAEA, says Energoatom

Ukraine's state nuclear firm Energoatom said on Saturday it had helped restore an internet connection between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the servers of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian forces.

Reuters · Jun 11, 2022

The Mariupol diary: Ukraine war through 8-year-old eyes

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: The horrors of the bloodiest chapter so far in the Ukraine conflict are poignantly captured in the words and drawings of an eight-year-old boy.

Bangkok Post · Jun 10, 2022

Putin likens himself to Peter the Great as Russian troops resume offensive

Vladimir Putin has likened his invasion of Ukraine to Peter The Great’s invasion of Sweden as Russian troops resume their offensive in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region.

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2022