Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant cut off from grid, as remaining power line disconnected
At the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, unit no.6 was disconnected from the grid after a fire broke out following shelling from Russian forces. The unit now only feeds power into the plant.
“Today, on September 5, 2022, as a result of a fire caused by shelling, the 330 kW power line ‘Zaporizhzhia thermoelectric power plant – Ferosplavna’ was disconnected from the grid. That was the last transmission line that connected the power nod ‘Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant – Zaporizhzhia thermoelectric power plant’ to the Ukrainian power grid,” Ukraine’s nuclear power company Energoatom said. As a result, unit no. 6 was unloaded and disconnected from the grid. It currently supplies the plant’s own needs, Energoatom said.
“Any repairs of the power lines are currently impossible as fighting rages around the station,” Ukraine’s Minister of Energy Herman Halushchenko said in a statement posted to Facebook.
“The world is once again on the brink of nuclear disaster. Deoccupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and creating a demilitarized zone around it is the only way to nuclear safety,” Halushchenko proceeded.
In the past three days, the Russian occupying forces continued intense shelling of the area around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Energoatom said.
In Kherson region, Ukrainian counteroffensive puts fake referendum on hold
In Kherson region, a fake referendum on joining Russia was “paused”, the Russian state-owned news agency TASS said, quoting Russian-installed official in Kherson region Kyrylo Stremousov.
“We’ve prepared for the voting. We wanted to hold the referendum in the nearest time, but because of everything that’s happening now (Ukraine’s counteroffensive – edit.), we’ll pause for now,” Stremousov said.
Even without a referendum, “Kherson is Russian forever,” he added. People will eagerly vote, he said.
Ukrainian intelligence destroys FSB base, warehouse of “ballots” for fake referendum
Special operations forces of the Ukrainian intelligence destroyed a base of the Russian security service (FSB) and a warehouse of “ballots” for a fake referendum in occupied Kamyanets-Dniprovskyi, in Vasylivskyi district of Zaporizhzhia region.
The number of victims was not immediately available. The survivors and wounded are evacuated toward Crimea. The occupying forces imposed a curfew. Military helicopters were spotted above the town. The operation resulted in no civilian casualties, the Ukrainian intelligence said.
Podcast Explaining Ukraine. The wounds of the war are everywhere
Wounds of war are visible and felt in places from which the war left five months ago. Buildings are destroyed, and human destinies have been destroyed too. We traveled to places around Kyiv and we felt again the pain of what happened in February and March. Learn more from our new episode of the “Explaining Ukraine” podcast. Hosts: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, and Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist, in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.
Podcast Explaining Ukraine. Ukraine’s counter-offensive disrupts Russia’s logistics – Weekly, 29 Aug – 4 Sept.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched a counter-offensive against the Russian-occupied South of the country. Its aim is not to recapture territories immediately, but to disrupt Russia’s military logistics and make Russia’s hold there untenable. IAEA experts came to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to deter a potential nuclear disaster. We also analyze the weapons Russia is using in this war against Ukraine. – This is the weekly digest of our “Explaining Ukraine” podcast. Hosts: Volodymyr Yermolenko, Ukrainian philosopher and journalist, chief editor of UkraineWorld.org, and Tetyana Ogarkova, Ukrainian scholar and journalist, in charge of international outreach at the Ukraine Crisis Media Centre.
Ukraine’s Foreign Legion: Fight for Freedom. Ukraine in Flames #177
Ukraine’s Foreign Legion was established in the early days of the full-scale Russian invasion. As of March, 20,000 people from 52 countries volunteered to join the Legion that is a part of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces. Many countries have created international legions in the past; now Ukraine has drawn upon this practice to unite those who want to support its fight for freedom with arms, medical assistance or other military duties. Volunteers are driven by different reasons, and Ukraine In Flames #177 explores who joins the Foreign Legion and why.
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- Damien Magrou, spokesperson for the International Legion of Ukraine
