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ALONG THE
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ALONG THE
DNIEPER RIVER
ENERHODAR
Enerhodar is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in Ukraine.
On 28 February, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that they captured the city of Enerhodar and the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. However, the mayor of Enerhodar, Dmitri Orlov, denied that the city and the power plant had been captured Local citizens later barricaded the road to the plant and the entrance to the city, forcing the Russian forces to turn back.
On 1 March, Ukrainian officials stated that Russian forces had surrounded the city, with a Russian convoy heading into Enerhodar around 14:00. According to Orlov, the city had difficulties obtaining food. From 16:00 to 18:00, a protest by local residents blocked Russian forces from entering the city.
In the morning of 2 March, Orlov stated that Russian troops were again approaching the city. Protesters again blocked the roads; protesters carried Ukrainian flags and used garbage trucks as part of the blockade. Orlov told Ukrinform that two people were wounded when Russian soldiers allegedly threw grenades at a crowd of civilians.
In the morning of 4 March, Russian military proceeded to enter Enerhodar. Enerhodar's mayor said the town lost its heating supply as a result of the battle.
Updates on the War in Enerhodar
ZAPORIZHZHIA
Zaporizhzhia is a major city along the Dnieper River in Central Ukraine. Zaporizhzhia is known for the historic island of Khortytsia; multiple power stations including Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (the largest nuclear power station in Europe), Zaporizhzhia thermal power station and Dnieper Hydroelectric Station and for being an important industrial centre. Steel, aluminium, aircraft engines, automobiles, transformers for substations, and other heavy industrial goods are produced in the region.
Russian forces advanced north from Crimea on 26 February, with Russia's 22nd Army Corps approaching the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
On 3 March, they began a seige of the area in an attempt to take control of the nuclear power plant. A fire developed during the gun-battle. The International Atomic Energy Agency stated that essential equipment had not been damaged. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba warned that, if the plant were to explode, the fallout could be 10 times larger than the Chernobyl disaster.
On 4 Mar, after an intense battle, Russian troops were able to occupy the power plant after confirming that there were no changes to radiation levels
Updates on the War in Zaporizhzhia
Sophia Square in Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine (prior to the Russian Invasion)