Russia is bombing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with the aim of disconnecting it from the energy system of Ukraine, the Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom reported on Saturday evening. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressed serious concern over the explosion at the Zaporizhia NPP, saying that this action indicates the risk of a nuclear disaster.

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0920 Zelenskyi on the terrorist attack in Zaporozhye: Russian terrorists were the first in the world to use the nuclear power plant for terror

08:42Two civilians were injured as a result of the Russian bombing of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentin Reznichenko, reported that Russian troops shelled the Nikopol and Kryvorizky districts of the region. As a result of the attack in the city of Marganets, at least two civilians were injured and almost 50 private houses were damaged.

Rockets also hit Kharkiv. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported that overnight Russian rockets hit two districts of the city. No casualties have yet been reported.

08:00Institute for the Study of War: A Russian opposition publication claims that the Russian military is stockpiling mines and explosives at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

The US Washington think tank cited the opposition publication The Insider as saying that Russian forces may have already mined the Zaporizhia NPP and set up Grad missile batteries near the village of Vodyane, about 4 km from the NPP’s reactors. Experts have previously assessed that Russian forces are likely using the station to play down Western fears of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine, trying to weaken Western resolve to provide military support to a Ukrainian counteroffensive, while effectively using the station as a nuclear shield to prevent Ukrainian strikes on Russian forces and equipment. .

23:23Over 2,000 civilians were evacuated from Donetsk region in a week. According to the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities were among the evacuees. On July 30, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that 200,000 civilians must be evacuated from Donetsk region. Forced evacuation from Donetsk region began on August 2.

21:50Kyiv’s warning: the Russians will continue to bomb the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. What is their real purpose

21:31A ship under a foreign flag arrived in Ukraine on Saturday for the first time since the beginning of the war in February and will be loaded with grain, said the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov, quoted by Reuters. He reported on Facebook that the Fulmar S under the flag of Barbados is in the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.

20:31Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency: Explosions at the Zaporizhia NPP show a very real risk of a nuclear disaster