The Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in the dark. Electricity cut

2023-05-22 08:55:00

Time.news – La Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in southern Ukraine, it was once again cut off from the electricity grid. This was reported by the pro-Russian occupying authorities, specifying that “due to the interruption of a high voltage line (…) the plant has lost its external supply of electricity”. The cause of the power line blockage is being investigated and emergency diesel generators on site have been activated to ensure operation.

The news of the power outage was confirmed by the Ukrainian power company Energoatom, according to which it was the “seventh blackout since the invasion of the Russian occupation”. The governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yuriy Malashko, said that “the problem is not related to bombing” but there was a fire in a structure in Zaporizhzhia due to an overload in the electricity system.

Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Fighting continues in Bakhmut

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reported that fighting in Bakhmut continues despite the Russia announced that it completed the capture of the city in eastern Ukraine over the weekend. “The enemy continues to conduct offensive actions. The fighting for the city of Bakhmut continues”, Kiev said, adding that in the last 24 hours Russian forces have “tried unsuccessfully to recover the lost positions south of the settlement of Ivanivske “, near Bakhmut.

For Russia, the transfer of F-16s involves NATO

The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO’s involvement in the conflict. This was stated by the Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, in some remarks posted on the embassy’s Telegram messaging channel.
Antonov also said that any Ukrainian attack on Crimea would be considered an attack on Russia. “It is important that the United States is fully aware of the Russian response,” he said.

“In Ukraine there are no infrastructures for the operation of the F-16 and there is not even the necessary number of pilots and maintenance personnel”, underlined Antonov. “What will happen if American fighter jets take off from NATO airfields, controlled by foreign ‘volunteers’?” concluded the ambassador.