Ukraine: Russian shelling damaged nuclear plant power lines.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s nuclear state operator said Thursday that Russia has shelled and damaged power lines connecting to the Ukrainian grid, leaving the plant reliant on diesel generators again.
With its six reactors inoperative, the plant relies on outside electricity to cool its spent fuel. Russia and Ukraine have traded blame for months amid for shelling at and around the plant that the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog has warned could cause a radiation emergency. Although Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring the plant to Russian ownership, continue to run the plant. Energoatom has repeatedly called for the withdrawal of Russian forces from the plant and the creation of a demilitarized zone around it.
Other Ukrainian cities were also hit, with Russia using drones, missiles and heavy artillery that left six civilians dead and 16 others wounded, according to the president’s office. Energy and water infrastructure facilities were hit in Zelenskyy’s native city of Kryvyi Rih, leaving several districts without electricity or water in the city that had a prewar population of 635,000 people, local Gov. Oleksandr Vilkul said.
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