Ukrainian officials say the nuclear power plant in Russian-held Zaporizhzhia was temporarily knocked offline amid intense shelling.
A mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant next week after it was temporarily knocked offline and more shelling was reported in the area overnight, Ukrainian officials said Friday.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials said Friday that an area close to the plant came under a barrage of shelling overnight, amid mounting concerns that an armed conflict near a working atomic plant could, even though Zaporizhzhia’s reactors are protected by reinforced concrete containment domes. On Thursday, the Zaporizhzhia plant was cut off from the electrical grid after fires damaged the last operating regular transmission line, according to Ukraine’s nuclear power agency, Energoatom.The new U.S. aid package is aimed at helping war-torn Ukraine train and equip its forces to fight for years to come.
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