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Three days after the attack the combined heat and power plant Kharkiv TEC-5 was stated to have ceased operation due to the damage it had suffered during the attack. The plant's management said that "the reconstruction process will last more than one year." [8] Kharkiv was forced to rely on other regions of Ukraine for its energy needs. [8]
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was subjected to Russian shelling during the night of 3 March, resulting in a fire at the plant which was brought under control by the next morning. [5] [6] [7] That same day the plant fell under control of the Russian forces following the Battle of Enerhodar. [8] [9] [10] [11]
Ukraine and Russia have been fighting in the streets of Chasiv Yar, a city in the Donetsk region, since July, when Kyiv’s troops withdrew from the eastern Kanal neighbourhood, establishing the ...
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to fire a 2S1 ‘Gvozdika’ 122mm self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk (24th Mechanized Brigade of Ukrai)
On 18 October a wave of missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure caused blackouts affecting 1,162 towns and villages. President Zelensky said that 30% of Ukraine's power stations were out of action. [64] On 22 October Russia launched 33 cruise missiles against Ukraine's power grid. Ukraine's air force command said 18 missiles were shot down.
The fire comes less than a week after Ukraine's forces launched their largest incursion into Russian territory since the war started in 2022. Ukraine and Russia swap accusations over fire at ...
The main priority was to ensure the safety and security of the plant, its power supply and the people who operate it". [21] Attacks on nuclear power facilities are mainly governed by Article 56 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, [22] [23] which generally prohibits attacks against civilian nuclear power plants.
Russian forces renewed their assault on the grid on March 22, 2024, attacking thermal and hydro-electric power stations and the main power distribution substations. Ukraine lost about 80% of its ...