The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been cut from external backup power supplies for three months, relying on only one operational 750 kV power line for reactor cooling and essential nuclear safety functions.
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The ZNPP has been cut from external backup power supplies for three months and relies on only one 750 kV power line
A back-up 330 kV power line damaged on March 1 has not been repaired due to military action preventing Ukrainian experts from accessing the location
At least six explosions were heard near Russian-occupied Melitopol, with five in the city and one at a railway in Dolynske.
Ivan Fedorov reported that Russian forces used the local railway to transport military equipment and personnel, and stated there is now 'minus one way for the Russians.'
Likely Ukrainian partisans assassinated a Russian collaborator in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
A multi-storey building, private cars and the territory of the townspeople's gardens were damaged by the shelling.
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