Russian missiles fired on the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv fell just three hundred meters from the reactors of the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant , the second largest in the country.
"The shock wave damaged the buildings of the plant. Three high-voltage power lines were also disconnected", explained the Kiev operator, Energoatom , then specifying that "currently all three power units of the plant they function normally "and" there are no casualties among the staff ".
The bombing shattered a hundred windows and damaged a nearby hydroelectric power station, while a rocket crash caused a two-meter-deep crater.
"The invaders wanted to shoot again, but they have forgotten what a nuclear power plant is. Russia is endangering the whole world. We must stop it before it is too late," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced. A few hours later, eight more missiles were launched by the Russians on Zaporizhzhia, in the region that is home to the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin has branded as "lies" the reports on the atrocities committed by Russian troops before the withdrawal from the Kharkiv region, after the discovery of hundreds of bodies summarily buried in a forest in Izyum , many with signs of torture and violence. Among the 146 bodies exhumed so far, Governor Oleg Sinegubov said, there are also those of two children.
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Kiev: "A torture room at the police station in Izyum"
In the Izyum Police Department, which the Russian army had turned into its headquarters while controlling the city of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian forces found a torture room. This was reported on Facebook by Sergey Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the regional police. Investigators are now inspecting the premises, where they found lists with lists of detainees and various instruments of torture, including electric cables, reports Ukrainska Pravda. According to Bolvinov, the inmates were kept in the dark in the cells for several weeks or months.
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Moscow: “Crimes in Izyum? Lies "
The Kremlin denies Ukrainian complaints about atrocities committed by Russian troops in north-eastern Ukraine as "lies" after the announcement of the discovery of the bodies of hundreds of people in Izyum. "This is the same scenario as Bucha, it is a lie, and of course we will defend the truth," said spokesman Dmitry Peskov quoted by Russian agencies.
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Peskov: "Crimea is Russian, the claims will have adequate answers"
"Crimea is an indivisible part of Russia and any claim on Russian territories will receive an adequate response." This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov quoted by TASS.
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Zelensky: "The Russians endanger the whole world"
"In the Mykolaiv region, in the night, a missile fell 300 meters from the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant. There was a short-term power outage. The windows of the buildings on the territory of the nuclear power plant were damaged. The invaders wanted to shoot again, but they have forgotten what a nuclear power plant is. Russia endangers the whole world. We must stop it before it's too late. " Thus Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Telegram after the Russian attack near the Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
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Missiles on the Mykolaiv nuclear power plant
"Shortly after midnight the Russian army launched a missile attack on the industrial area of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant of Pivdennoukrainsk, in the southern region of Mykolaiv. The powerful explosion occurred just 300 meters from the reactors." This was stated in a statement by the Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom, reported by Espreso TV. "The shock wave damaged the buildings of the power plant. Three high voltage power lines have also been disconnected - said Energoatom - currently all three of the power units of the plant are functioning normally. There are no victims among the personnel. "
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Bombing of the Dnipropetrovsk
Russian bombing in the Dnipropetrovsk region of eastern Ukraine: missiles in Nikopol damaged water structures, power lines and residential buildings. The head of the regional military administration Valentyn Reznichenko wrote on Telegram, reported by UNIAN. "The Nikopol district is again under the enemy's sights. The Russians have hit the communities of Nikopol and Marganets three times with heavy artillery. They fired more than 40 shells. At the moment there would be no injuries," Reznichenko said. .
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Eight missiles over Zaporizhzhia
In the early hours of the morning, the Russian army launched eight missiles on Zaporizhzhia, a city in south-eastern Ukraine where the site of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located. The head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Starukh said on social media: "According to initial information, one of the rockets hit the regional center of Zaporizhzhia near the Dnipro River. There is still no information on any victims or injured", wrote . The Ukrainian media reported it.
(Unioneonline)
