Earlier in September, the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, announced after a visit to the nuclear power plant that the situation was untenable from a safety point of view and that urgent measures were required.
After the shutdown, the nuclear power plant was put into an “isolated mode” where power was generated in the reactor to be able to maintain the necessary cooling systems. When it was reconnected to the power grid, the reactor could then be shut down.
Russia “regroups”
At the same time, the Ukrainian counter-offensive is said to be making more and more progress.
– Izium was liberated today, Mayor Valery Martjenko said The New York Times during Saturday.
According to Martjenko, there is not a single residential building in the city that is undamaged. Russia has admitted that it has “regrouped” its forces from the city, where around 12,000 people now live.
200th day of the war
However, Kyiv said on Sunday – on the day 200 days after the Russian invasion – that its forces were still fighting to take control of towns and villages around strategically important Izium.