Ukraine\u0027s president on Friday said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remains \u0022very risky.\u0022
Russian shelling continued to displace civilians in the east of the country, where three quarters of the population has fled the frontline region of Donetsk, according to the regional governor, and Ukraine continued to damage Russia’s supply routes to the southern front near Kherson.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The two sides have traded the blame for shelling near the plant, which on Thursday sparked fires in the ash pits of a nearby coal power station that disconnected the plant from the power grid.Zelenskyy also reiterated Ukraine’s demand that the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency , be urgently allowed to visit the Zaporizhzhia plant.
Knocking out the Darivsky bridge, used by Russian forces to cross the Inhulets River just east of the city of Kherson, will complicate Moscow’s efforts to supply its troops in the Russian-occupied city that Ukraine wants to take back, it said. Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the eastern Donetsk region, said three quarters of its population had been evacuated.
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