Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Saturday, August 6. Day 164. By Dmytro Aksyonov Mykolaiv. Russian shelling along the frontline, on the border of the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, has killed one civilian and injured five more , says Hanna Zamazieieva , the head of the Mykolaiv regional council. Zamazieieva added that a total of 294 people in the region are currently being treated in hospitals for injuries sustained as a result of Russian attacks and 82 more are being treated at home. Ukrainian state nuclear energy company, Energoatom, reports that yesterday’s shelling on the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has led to more extensive damage than previously thought, and … [Read more...] about Saturday, August 6. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine
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Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Nuclear Terror’ Amid Fighting Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Ukraine is calling for a stronger response from the international community after accusing Russia of once again shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant—the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine—just after the International Atomic Energy Agency warned more fighting near the site could run “the very real risk of a nuclear disaster.” Key Facts Ukraine’s state nuclear power authority said Russia fired rockets at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and the nearby town of Enerhodar on Saturday night, as Russian forces appeared to strike near the site’s dry storage facility where casks of spent nuclear fuel are kept. Three of the site’s radiation monitoring detectors were damaged in the attacks, which would make detecting and responding to any radiation leakage from the plant’s spent fuel storage “ currently impossible ,” the power authority said. One power plant employee was hospitalized with … [Read more...] about Ukraine Accuses Russia Of ‘Nuclear Terror’ Amid Fighting Near Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant
Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine; plant hit
By SUSIE BLANN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Four more ships carrying agricultural cargo held up by the war in Ukraine received authorization Sunday to leave the country’s Black Sea coast as analysts warned that Russia was moving troops and equipment in the direction of the southern port cities to stave off a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukraine and Russia also accused each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. The loaded vessels were cleared to depart from Chornomorsk and Odesa, according to the Joint Coordination Center, which oversees an international deal intended to get some 20 million tons of grain out of Ukraine to feed millions going hungry in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia. Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations signed the agreements last month to create a 111-nautical-mile sea corridor that would allow cargo ships to travel safely out of ports that Russia’s military had blockaded and through waters that Ukraine’s military had mined. … [Read more...] about Shift in war’s front seen as grain leaves Ukraine; plant hit
Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again
A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine Aug. 4, 2022. (REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko) KYIV — Ukraine accused Russia on Sunday of again shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia, and called for new international sanctions on Moscow for “nuclear terror.” Ukraine’s state nuclear power firm said Russian forces damaged three radiation sensors at the facility in renewed shelling on Saturday night, wounding a worker with shrapnel. “Russian nuclear terror requires a stronger response from the international community – sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter. The plant, in Russian-controlled territory, was also shelled on Friday. Moscow blames Ukrainian forces for the strikes. Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom said the latest Russian rocket attacks … [Read more...] about Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling nuclear plant again