An IAEA mission team confirmed that Russian forces had deployed military personnel, vehicles, and heavy equipment at various locations within the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including turbine halls.
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IAEA mission members confirmed that Russian forces deployed military personnel, vehicles, and equipment at various locations throughout the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Heavy military trucks were observed on the first floor of the turbine halls in power units No.1 and No.2 of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
A Rosatom expert group was present at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
Up to two neighborhoods in Enerhodar were left without electricity due to Russian shelling on September 7, 2022.
These same neighborhoods had been without gas for several months prior to the incident.
Approximately 100 people are held in detention by Russian forces in Enerhodar, and about 1,000 people have been tortured over the course of the war.
The Prosecutor General's Office launched criminal proceedings over potential torture and murder of a British volunteer by Russian servicemen, announced by Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin.
The investigation was entrusted to the Main Investigation Department of the Security Service with personal control by the Prosecutor General.
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