Last reactor at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant stopped

Europe’s largest nuclear plant has been reconnected to Ukraine’s electrical energy grid, permitting engineers to close down its final operational reactor in an try to keep away from a radiation catastrophe as combating rages within the space. The six-reactor Zaporizhzhia plant misplaced its exterior supply of energy every week in the past in spite of … Read more

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting

The firm that oversees Ukraine’s nuclear energy crops mentioned shelling by Russian forces triggered a shutdown at one of many reactors on the Zaporizhzhia plant, underscoring the dangers confronted by a crew of U.N. inspectors that was heading there Thursday to assess its security. A crew from the International Atomic Energy Agency, led by its … Read more

Russia accuses Kyiv of poisoning some of its soldiers in Ukraine

Russia’s defence ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of poisoning some of its servicemen in the Russian-controlled half of Ukraine’s southeastern area of Zaporizhzhia in late July. An adviser to Ukraine’s inside ministry mentioned in response that the alleged poisoning might have been brought on by Russian forces consuming expired canned meat. The Russian defence ministry … Read more

Behind enemy traces, Ukrainians tell Russians ‘You are never secure’

They sneak down darkened alleys to set explosives. They determine Russian targets for Ukrainian artillery and long-range rockets offered by the United States. They blow up rail traces and assassinate officers they take into account collaborators with the Russians. Slipping back-and-forth throughout the entrance traces, the guerrilla fighters are identified in Ukraine as partisans, and … Read more

Shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is raising fears of an accident. Here’s a look at the dangers.

When Russian forces seized management of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in early March, a fierce gunbattle with Ukrainian troops triggered a blaze that raised worldwide alarm over the dangers of a catastrophic radiation leak. The hearth was rapidly extinguished. And though a Russian shell hit the No. 1 reactor, its thick partitions protected it … Read more