Shelling forces Ukraine nuclear plant off grid as Zelensky warns of 'disaster'

The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday.

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his satellite image obtained on August 29, 2022, courtesy of Planet Labs, Inc. shows a SkySat image captured on August 23, 2022 showing forest fires near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant damaged during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. - The Zaporizhzhia plant -- Europe's largest atomic facility -- has been occupied by Russian troops since the start of the war. (Photo by Handout / Planet Labs / AFP)

2022-09-06 13:29:51

The last working reactor at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was disconnected from the grid after shelling caused a fire, with the UN's atomic watchdog due to brief the Security Council about the crisis on Tuesday.

Soon after it invaded in February, Moscow largely took control of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of southern Ukraine and is now aiming to absorb them into Russia through referendums -- as it did with Crimea in 2014.

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