In Enerhodar is the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is controlled by Russian troops. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling the facility. On Thursday, the Russian news agency TASS, citing the Russian-appointed chief of administration in Enerhodar, Alexander Volga, reported that Ukraine had not attacked the nuclear power plant with artillery. In the past two THowever, projectiles were fired from drones onto the nuclear power plant site. Ukraine said on Wednesday it was considering shutting down the plant to prevent a nuclear disaster. She also asked residents to leave the area around the nuclear power plant. Dnipro, the city of Zaporizhia, Nikopol and Enerhodar are all in south-eastern Ukraine on the banks of the Dnieper River, which flows into the Black Sea at Kherson.
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According to Ukraine, heavy fighting broke out again near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The military general staff said on Thursday morning that in the past 24 hours there had been attacks on villages and towns, including tanks and grenade launchers. Regional governor Valentyn Resnichenko wrote on the Telegram news service that Russian troops had attacked the city of Nikopol four times during the night with rockets and heavy artillery. At least eleven buildings were damaged. The head of the Dnipro regional council, Mykola Lukashuk, also stated on Telegram that Nikopol was being shelled by Russian troops from the city of Enerhodar.
