🏴 Capture

Russian forces took control of the Enerhodar nuclear power station.

Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Russian forces took control of the Enerhodar nuclear power station.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

ZNPP has been under Russian occupation since March 4, 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian invading forces continuously shelled the buildings and units of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Battles with Russian invading forces continue near Zaporizhzhya NPP

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant on March 4

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Moscow's troops seized the plant in the southern Zaporizhzhia region on March 4 last year, just days after the start of Russia's invasion.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Russian military forces have captured and blocked Enerhodar from all sides, and the ZNPP is under their control.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Approximately 90 enemy vehicles and Kadyrovite units are concentrated near Enerhodar.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Since March 4, they have been holding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, during its capture, the aggressors also fired at the ZNPP, which led to a fire in the accounting center near the power units, then detonated unexploded ammunition on the territory of the plant itself.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.574Z

Source story: day-9-2022-03-04