The attack comes one day after a blast damaged the Kerch Bridge in Crimea, a symbol of Moscow’s claim to the land seized from Ukraine in 2014.
, called the development"a temporary relief in a still untenable situation.''
The IAEA said the plant’s link to a 750-kilovolt line was cut by bombings Saturday. All six reactors at the facility, the largest of its kind in Europe, are shut down, but they still require electricity for cooling and other safety functions, which was being supplied by emergency diesel generators. The plant has been held by Russian forces for months but operated by Ukrainian employees.
Orlov blamed constant shelling by Russia for preventing service workers from restoring utilities before Sunday – and warned locals to stay cautious when collecting firewood in areas likely to be riddled with landmines. About half of the 50,000 residents fled when Russian troops seized the city.
Nebraska Republican Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said on NBC's"Meet the Press" that Putin is a"cornered animal ... unpredictable, unstable." But he also said Biden should be"more cautious" with his rhetoric.The Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated more than 50 towns and almost 500 square miles in the occupied Kherson region and are closing in on the Russian-held city, Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Enin said Sunday.
"Little by little, step by step, the Kherson region, our lands are free from invaders," Enin said. Ukraine officials say they also are making inroads in the other three regions seized by Russia, including the Luhansk and Donetsk regions that make up the industrial Donbas. The Donbas region has been the primary focus of Russian troops since retreating from the Kyiv area in the early days of the war.
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