Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost power after massive Russian bombardment

There Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant of Ukraine It was left without electricity after a Russian strike and runs on diesel generators, the Ukrainian nuclear operator said on Thursday.

The outage came amid a new wave of Russian attacks in Ukraine that killed at least nine people and led to power outages across the country.

“The last line of power between the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant occupied and the Ukrainian electricity system was cut off as a result of rocket attacks,” Energoatom said.

The operator said it was the sixth time the facility had been disconnected from the power grid since Russian forces captured the plant last year.

The plant is powered by diesel generators, which can supply the facility’s electricity needs for 10 days, he added. Energoatom.

“The countdown has started. If it is impossible to renew the station’s external power supply during this period, an accident with radiological consequences for the whole world may occur,” Energoatom said.

The Russian authorities who control the plant have declared that the generators diesel they had ignited after a “short circuit” in the power lines, without providing details.

“There are sufficient fuel reserves to ensure the generators will operate,” they said in a statement, adding that all safety issues at the plant were in order.

the troops of Moscow seized the factory on March 4, 2022, a few days after invading Ukraine.

Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of having bombed Zaporizhiathe largest nuclear facility in Europe.

The nuclear agency THE UN, OF COURSE it deployed observers to the plant in September and is seeking to negotiate a demilitarized zone near the facility, but talks appear to have stalled.

At least five people died on Thursday in western Ukraine, victims of the massive bombings carried out by Russiaas announced by the regional governor, Maksym Kozytsky,

According to the authorities, one of the Russian missiles destroyed three houses in a residential area of ​​the Zolochiv district. “There may be more people under the rubble,” he added via his Telegram account.

President, Volodimir Zelenskyqualified as “miserable tactics” Russians, the attack that was carried out in the early morning.

“The enemy threw 81 missiles again try to intimidate Ukrainians, returning to his miserable tactic,” the president said on Telegram. The attacks hit kyiv and nine other regions in the center, south and west of the country, he added.

After the Russian bombing of critical infrastructure, 40% of the Ukrainian capital is without heating service and Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been completely cut off from the power grid

Multiple explosions were recorded early Thursday morning in the Ukrainian city of Odessain the provinces of Kirovohrad y Dnipropetrovsk and in the southern region of Mykolaiv.

The mayor of Kyiv also reported explosions in the capital’s Holosiivskyi district, leaving at least two people injured. “All services go to the essentials,” Vitali Klitschko said on social media, referring to a southern district of the city.

The Governor of Odessa, Maksym Marchenkoconfirmed on his Telegram channel a massive missile attack in the area and said they had hit energy infrastructure. “Power supply is currently limited“, he added.

“The enemy carried out about fifteen attacks against Kharkov there Odessa. One more time, Russian troops attack critical infrastructure“, declared the governor of Kharkov, Oleg Synegubov.

“According to initial information, a residential building in the Kharkiv region was hit by missiles“, he added.

So far, no casualties have been recorded.

The governor of the western region of KhmelnitskySegiy Gamaliy, urged residents to “stay in shelters”, stating that “the enemy attacks the country’s critical infrastructure”.

(With information from AFP)

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