Latest Ukraine updates: Nuclear site ‘seriously damaged’

Ukraine news from August 6: Shelling in Zaporizhzhia has caused a serious risk for the safe operation of the plant.

A man crosses a road near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Russia and Ukraine accused each other of shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia. [Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]
By Hamza Mohamed and Federica Marsi
Published On 6 Aug 2022
  • Parts of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have been “seriously damaged” by military strikes, Ukraine’s nuclear power plant operator says.
  • Russian forces begin an assault on two key cities, Bakhmut and Avdiivka, in the eastern Donetsk region.