Ukraine has warned of the possibility of radioactive consequences after the Zaporizhia nuclear plant was deactivated due to a Russian missile strike, which led to a power outage, she said.
Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has lost power following a Russian strike, Ukraine’s nuclear power operator said Thursday, adding that it is currently working on diesel generators.
Foundation said "Energoatum" In a statement, according to Al Jazeera Net, "The last link between the occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and the Ukrainian energy system has been severed"She explained that work has stopped in the fifth and sixth reactors, and the electric power needed to operate the station is provided through 18 diesel generators with enough fuel for 10 days, warning of radioactive consequences.
For its part, the pro-Russian authorities of Zaporizhia considered Kiev’s statements regarding the interruption of electricity supplies to the station "Just a provocation".
The mayor of Kiev said that 40% of the capital’s population is currently without heating because of the missile attack.
Early Thursday morning, Russian forces launched missile strikes on the cities of Odessa and Kharkiv. This led to power outages in a number of neighborhoods, according to local sources.
The local authorities in Odessa said that Russian missiles hit a number of power generators in this city on the Black Sea, while Kharkiv authorities announced that 15 missiles hit the city’s infrastructure.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of the fall of Bakhmut, and said that the Russians could go further than Bakhmut, and reach large cities in Donetsk such as Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, adding in an interview with the network. "CNN"that Russia needs some kind of victory, albeit by completely destroying Bakhmut and killing all its civilians.
And although Bakhmut – which was inhabited before the war by 70,000, of whom only 4,000 are now left – does not acquire great strategic importance, according to military experts, it has become of symbolic and tactical importance after the Russian forces were unable to control it despite the passage of more than 7 months. of fierce battles. In the grip of Wagner
The United States has provided about $32 billion in aid to Ukraine since the start of the war with Russian forces on February 24, 2022, but some Republicans object to sending more aid, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives has powers that would impede the massive aid program adopted by President Joe Biden’s administration to support Kiev against Russia.
