- Title: Zaporizhzhia residents 'scared' as crisis unfolds at nearby nuclear plant
- Date: 26th August 2022
- Summary: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (AUGUST 26, 2022) (REUTERS) CARS DRIVING ON ROAD UKRAINIAN FLAGS FLYING VARIOUS OF ‘HEDGEHOGS’ ANTI-TANK BARRICADES AND SAND BAGS PLACED OUTSIDE ZAPORIZHZHIA CITY COUNCIL (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) ZAPORIZHZHIA RESIDENT AND DEPUTY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, 46, HANNA KUZ, SAYING: “There are fears that they (Ukrainian authorities) won’t be able to warn us
- Embargoed: 9th September 2022 13:52
- Keywords: Russian invasion eastern Ukraine electricity nuclear fallout nuclear power plant nuclear threat war in Ukraine
- Location: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE
- City: ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001082426082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Residents in the eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, some 120 km (74 miles) to the northwest of the Russia-held nuclear power plant, expressed alarm on Friday (August 26) after the plant was disconnected a day before.
“Of course I am scared. Everyone is scared, we don’t know what will happen next, what is waiting for us every next minute, every second,†25-year-old social media manager Maria Varakina told Reuters.
The world narrowly escaped a radiation disaster when electricity to Europe's largest nuclear power plant was cut off for hours, Ukraine's president said, urging international bodies to act faster to force Russian troops to vacate the site.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian shelling on Thursday (August 25) had sparked fires in the ash pits of a nearby coal power station that disconnected the Zaporozhzhia plant from the power grid. A Russian official said Ukraine was to blame.
Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom said electricity for the plant's own needs was now being supplied through a power line from Ukraine's electricity system. It later said one of the plant's two functioning reactors had been reconnected to that grid.
The regional authorities in Zaporizhzhia said more than 18,000 people across several settlements remained without electricity on Friday due to damage caused to power lines, without specifying which lines they meant.
A Reuters cameraman said there was electricity as normal in the city of Zaporizhzhia on Friday.
Russia invaded Ukraine in February, captured the plant in March and has controlled it since, though Ukrainian staff still runs it. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling the site, fueling fears of a nuclear disaster.
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