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‘We will not surrender the station’: Concern over Russian attacks on Ukrainian nuclear plants

Pavlo Pavlyshyn, the director of the Rivne nuclear power plant, has been working in Ukraine’s atomic power industry since 1992. He spoke to FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg about the current dangers at Ukraine’s power plants, only three of which – including Rivne – remain under Ukrainian control.

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In Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, exhausted hostages work at gunpoint after Russian occupation

For more than three decades, very little has disturbed the vast exclusion zone around Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant, just as authorities intended. That is, until Russian troops moved in, kicking up radioactive dust in their wake.

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Shelling kills nine in outskirts of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia -deputy mayor

Nine people were killed and 17 wounded in shelling of the suburbs of the city of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine on Friday, deputy mayor Anatoliy Kurtiev said on Saturday.

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Ukraine military orders 38-hour curfew in southern Zaporizhzhia city, says official

The Ukrainian military imposed a 38-hour curfew in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, starting at 1400 GMT on Saturday and ending early on Monday, deputy mayor Anatoliy Kurtiev said.

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Ukraine accuses Russia of firing rockets at convoy of Mariupol evacuees, wounding child

The Ukrainian authorities accused Russian forces of firing artillery at a convoy of civilians fleeing the city of Mariupol on Wednesday, wounding at least five people including a child on their way to the city of Zaporizhzhia.

Reuters

‘Bodies in the street’: The harrowing escape from Mariupol

About 20,000 people have evacuated the port city under siege by Russian troops.

Al Jazeera

Zaporizhzhia: Russia detonated explosives at damaged Ukrainian nuclear plant, IAEA told

Chernobyl re-connected to national electricity grid, Ukrainian regulators tell international agency

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Ukraine's Mariupol says around 300 evacuees have reached Zaporizhzhia city

About 300 civilians from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol have reached the city of Zaporizhzhia after leaving in the first successful evacuation of residents on Monday, Mariupol city council said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Power Restored at Ukraine’s Chernobyl

Power has been restored at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986, the International Atomic Energy Agency said late Monday. Separately, Ukraine's state nuclear operator Energoatom accused the Russian military of detonating ammunition at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in the country's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine-Russia war updates: Ukrainians claim Russian strikes hit apartment building in Kyiv, China denies claims Russia asked for military equipment — as it happened

Ukraine officials say a series of Russian strikes have hit a residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, igniting a huge fire and frantic rescue effort in a 15-storey apartment building.

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Lviv: As refugees flee, a city mobilises for war

In western Ukraine, the city that has become a refuge and hub for people fleeing, prepares for an eventual attack.

Al Jazeera

Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plants Being Run by Ukrainian Staff, Says Russia

The Ukrainian nuclear power plants at Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia, both now under the control of Russian forces, are being run and managed by their Ukrainian staff, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said on Saturday, according to the RIA news agency. Rosatom's statement said an external power supply was being restored…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Accuses Russia of Violating Nuclear Safety Principles in Ukraine

The United States on Friday accused Russia of violating nuclear safety principles in Ukraine and demanded its invading forces stop firing on nuclear power plants, but added that there were no signs detected yet of any radiological release. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a Twitter post that radiation…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia's nuclear near-miss in Ukraine

Surveillance footage caught Russian soldiers firing rocket-propelled grenades into the plant's buildings

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Ukrainian boy, 11, who travelled 700 miles alone to Slovakia says he is happy to be safe

Hassan was forced to leave his hometown of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, and travel across country

Daily Mirror

Fears as Europe's biggest nuclear plant goes offline - hours after Chernobyl cut off

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant going off the grid comes as just yesterday the Russians also disconnected Chernobyl nuclear power plant, igniting fear at the site

The Conversation

Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia power cuts: nervous wait as Ukraine nuclear power plants could start leaking radiation

The catastrophic disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 was caused by an explosion at the Reactor 4 Unit. This expelled a sizeable quantity of radioactive material into the surroundings, alongside a partial meltdown of the reactor core. The last few decades have seen substantial international efforts to…

Evening Standard

Nuclear safety watchdog loses contact with Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine after capture by Russian forces

The world’s nuclear safety watchdog has lost contact with the captured Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine, just hours after warning of a potential disaster in Chernobyl.

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The Independent UK

Nuclear watchdog loses contact with second Ukraine plant as Zaporizhzhia goes ‘offline’

Transmission of data from systems installed to monitor nuclear material disrupted, says International Atomic Energy Agency

Asharq Al-Awsat

IAEA: Chernobyl Power Cut, Transmission Lost at Europe’s Largest Atomic Plant

Power has been cut to the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine said Wednesday, but the UN's atomic watchdog said there was "no critical impact on safety". The news from the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster came as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said data transmission was also lost…

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Strike hits Mariupol hospital complex

Ukraine news for March 9: Russian attack hits a children’s hospital in besieged port city, Ukrainian officials say.

The Independent UK

Russia could be attacking nuclear plants in Ukraine so it can blackmail the west, expert warns

Energy expert warns that any direct attack to the power plant will cause widespread devastation- but for Russia, too

Irish Mirror

Boy travels over 1,000km alone to escape Ukraine with just a phone number on his hand

The 11-year-old travelled from Zaporizhzhia to the border at Slovakia because his parents had to stay in Ukraine, but was taken care of by volunteers when he reached the border

Al Jazeera

Ukraine latest updates: Zelenskyy calls for more support

Ukraine news from March 8: Ukraine’s president pushed for more support in address to the British parliament.

Irish Mirror

Nuclear expert's grim warning after Russians take control of power station

Russia currently has control of two plants - one being Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in the southeastern city of Enerhodar, the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe

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