'His detention by (Russia) jeopardizes the safety of Ukraine and Europe's largest nuclear power plant,' said Energoatom President Petro Kotin said, demanding the director's immediate release.
A senior Ukrainian official says Russian forces on Saturday shelled a civilian evacuation convoy in the country's northeast, killing 20 people. Bombardments have intensified as Moscow illegally annexed a swath of Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his military vowed to keep fighting to liberate the annexed regions and other Russian-occupied areas. Energoatom said Russian troops stopped Murashov's car, blindfolded him and then took him to an undisclosed location. Amid growing international sanctions and condemnation of Russia, a Ukrainian counteroffensive that has embarrassed the Kremlin appeared on the verge of retaking more ground.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said Ukraine likely will retake Lyman in the coming days.
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