The Russians have attacked Enerhodar again last morning, the satellite city near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, where several civilians have been injured, according to what Dmytro Orlov, the former mayor of the city, reported on his Telegram account before being taken. for Moscow-
According to the mayor, "Russian occupation forces have been firing on Enerhodar, since 05:00 local time on September 1." "Since five in the morning, the constant mortar shelling of the city has not stopped (...). It is known that several civilian targets have been hit. There are victims! We are finding out exactly how many," he has communicated on his channel from Telegram.
The nuclear power plant has been forced to disconnect one of its reactors due to the bombardments in the surrounding areas, the state-owned company Energoatom reported in its Telegram account. "Today, September 1, 2022, at 4:57 a.m. (local time), as a result of another mortar shelling by the Russian occupation forces on the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the protection of emergency and the fifth operating power unit was turned off," the company said.
For its part, at least three people were killed today by Ukrainian artillery fire in Enerhodar, the pro-Russian interim administration denounced. "Three civilians were killed and another was injured," a spokesman for the administration told the Russian Interfax agency, adding that the city was subjected to a massive artillery attack by the Armed Forces early in the morning.
In addition, the head of the pro-Russian administration of the city, Alexander Volga, reported that a Ukrainian detachment landed on the outskirts of Enerhodar, located on the left bank of the Dnieper.
The plant, the largest in Europe and the third in the world, has been occupied by Russian troops since March 4, although it is currently operated by Ukrainian officials.
The facilities have suffered various attacks since the Russian invasion began on February 14, of which Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other and have raised concerns about the danger of causing a nuclear accident.
Ukraine has accused Russian forces of launching air strikes on the route established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to reach the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, where a team of experts has moved to start an inspection today. of the facilities and verify their security.
"The city has been hit relentlessly by mortars since five in the morning. Machine gun noises can be heard," said Orlov, the city's former mayor, adding that several civilian targets were hit and civilians were injured. The number of victims has not yet been confirmed," he added.
The head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Starukh, has denounced that these alleged attacks have not allowed a United Nations team to continue "for security reasons," he said on his Telegram channel.
Likewise, Starukh has assured that Ukraine is doing everything possible to guarantee the access of the IAEA mission to the nuclear plant, now under Russian control and the scene in recent months of attacks that both sides blame each other.
"We demand that Russia stop the provocations and grant the IAEA unhindered access to Ukraine's nuclear facilities," Starukh said. Although from Moscow, the spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs, Maria Zajarova, has defended that they are doing everything necessary for the nuclear agency's mission to be successful.
