A total of 1,679 civilians, including 660 children, were evacuated from areas surrounding the nuclear power plant. Zaporozhye – the largest in Europe, – he said, installed Russia an official in parts of the Ukrainian region of the same name controlled by Moscow forces, late Sunday evening.

On Saturday, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a member of the UN system, Rafael Grossi warned that the situation around the nuclear power plant was becoming “potentially dangerous”, and the Moscow-appointed authorities in Zaporozhye began an accelerated evacuation. People.

The Ukrainian military is expected to soon launch a much-discussed counter-offensive to recapture territory captured by Russian forces, including in Zaporozhye.

Yevgeny Balitsky, the governor who installed the Kremlin in Russian-controlled parts of the region, explained on Telegram that the hastily evacuated people were taken “to a temporary accommodation center for residents of frontline areas in Berdyansk.” which also belongs to the Zaporozhye region.

Berdyansk (southeast), a Ukrainian port on the Sea of ​​Azov, was captured by the Russian military 24 hours after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

^{Source: APE-MEB, Reuters}