![]() Some Russian lawmakers called for Putin to declare a "counterterrorism operation," rather than the term "special military operation" that has downplayed the scope of fighting to ordinary Russians. No one has claimed responsibility for the Crimea bridge attack, but it was a significant blow to Russia and could lead to an escalation of the conflict. The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, said Saturday that the Zaporizhzhia plant has since lost its last remaining external power source as a result of renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators. Fighting has repeatedly imperiled the plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station, and Ukrainian authorities shut down its last operating reactor last month to prevent a radiation disaster. ![]() At least 14 people died in Russian missile strikes on apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia on Thursday.Ī part of the region currently in Russian control is home to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In recent weeks, Russia has repeatedly struck the southern city, which is in the Ukrainian controlled-part of a region that Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed in violation of international law last week. The Ukrainian military also confirmed the attack, saying there were dozens of casualties. The strike came after an explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region.Ĭity council Secretary Anatoliy Kurtev said rockets struck Zaporizhzhia overnight, and that at least five private houses were destroyed and around 40 were damaged. ![]() #Www.npr.org hourly news windows#The blasts in the city, which sits in a region Moscow has claimed as its own, blew out windows in adjacent buildings and left at least one high-rise apartment building partially collapsed. ![]() ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - A Russian barrage pounded apartment buildings and other targets in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, officials said Sunday. ![]()
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