War’s six months of horror; shelling cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukraine grid; five predictions for conflict’s next six months
, where the fear of escalating Russian attacks overshadowed a sombre independence day on Wednesday.
“I’m constantly worried and praying that our skies remain blue,” said Yana Pasychnyk, a choral singer in one of Ukraine’s national choirs. “People I know, my godson even, is fighting at the front. There’s no celebration today. I can’t even believe that this is happening”. The plant was disconnected twice after a blaze at the ash pits of a nearby coal-fired power plant affected the fourth and last connection into the plant’s reactors,Disconnecting the plant from the grid is dangerous because it raises the risk of catastrophic failure of the electricity-run cooling systems for its reactors and spent fuel rods.
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