The recent power outage, which has erupted several times since occupation by Russian forces last year, has remained tense. Year. Fighting earlier this month cut power to the facility for half a day, forcing employees to turn on their backup generators. “Every time we roll the dice,” he told his agency at the time. “And if we keep it going, our luck will run out one day.”Grossi and Zelenskyi met in the city of Zaporizhia, which is on Ukrainian territory about 50 kilometres northeast of the nuclear power plant of the same name. That presence now includes the decommissioned Chornobyl power plant, whose deadly nuclear accident in 1986 spread the aftermath across much of Europe.
Grossi said his seventh trip to Ukraine underscores his commitment and support “for as long as is necessary”.Zelensky also inspected military posts in the partially occupied province and bestowed military decorations on the soldiers. He also visited wounded soldiers in hospitals across the city and a building reportedly shelled by Russian forces on Wednesday, killing at least one person. Russia refused to attack residential areas, even though artillery fire and rocket fire hit Ukrainian civilian housing and infrastructure daily throughout the war. Russian forces have shelled about 10 towns and villages in the eastern Donetsk region in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian President’s office said on Monday. Avdiivka Mayor Vitali Barabash said utilities were being evacuated from the frontline town as it “looks more and more like a post-apocalyptic movie landscape.”Attacks have also increased in the partially occupied southeastern Zaporizhia region, where 14 settlements have been shelled at the front,” the authorities said. The mayor of occupied Melitopol said multiple explosions rocked the city on Monday, destroying the building where Russian security forces were stationed.
“Attacks have also increased in the partially occupied southeastern Zaporizhia region. The mayor of occupied Melitopol said multiple explosions rocked the city on Monday, destroying the building where Russian security forces were stationed. Ivan Fedorov published photos of smoke rising in the Russian barracks’ area. Russian authorities said “artillery fire” in Melitopol partially destroyed an avocational school building, damaged several other buildings, and injured four people. Zelenskyy met with British actor Orlando Bloom in Kyiv, said Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian President’s office, on Monday. Bloom, also a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, arrived in the Ukrainian capital this weekend and visited the suburb of Irpin.
Yermak wrote that Bloom “will support humanitarian aid and infrastructure reconstruction projects aimed at protecting the interests of Ukrainian children,” the official said. Video recordings of the aftermath showed destroyed residential buildings, street debris, and burning vehicles. Russia refused to attack residential areas, even though artillery fire and rocket fire hit Ukrainian civilian housing and infrastructure daily throughout the war. The attack on Sloviansk followed the typical long-range fire pattern adopted by Kremlin forces, particularly in recent months when fighting had stalled during the freezing winter months. The Ukrainian President’s office said on Monday, Russian shells hit the town of Avdiivka on Monday morning, damaging apartment buildings, a hotel and a courthouse. Avdiivka Mayor Vitali Barabash said utilities were being evacuated from the frontline town as it “looks more and more like a post-apocalyptic movie landscape.