The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was cut off from the electricity grid after a Russian strike, Thursday, March 9 at dawn. “The last line of communication between the occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and the Ukrainian power grid has been cut off due to rocket attacksreports the Ukrainian operator Energoatom, warning of the risk of an accident. The plant (…) went into ‘black out’ mode for the sixth time since the occupation, the reactors of units 5 and 6 were put (shut down) cold.” Emergency diesel generators have been switched on to ensure the minimum power supply to the plant. Russian forces have also carried out massive bombardments in other regions of Ukraine, including the capital kyiv, Kharkiv and Odessa. Follow our live.
At least 15% of kyiv residents are without electricity. Explosions sounded in kyiv, according to its mayor. On Telegram, Vitali Klitschko reports that it is the district of Holosiivskyi, located in the south of the city, which was particularly targeted. “Due to the missile attack (…) currently around 15% of consumers are without electricity”. At least two people were injured and hospitalized in the explosion in the Svyatoshyn district of kyiv.
“Fifteen strikes” on Kharkiv and its region. “The enemy carried out about fifteen strikes on the city and the region” of Kharkiv, counted the regional governor, Oleg Synegoubov. In the Odessa region, Governor Maksym Marchneko reports that “missiles hit regional energy infrastructure and damaged residential buildings”, talking about a “massive missile strike”.
Bakhmout could fall “in the coming days”, according to NATO. The Russian paramilitary group Wagner, for its part, claimed the capture of the eastern part of the city. His fall would leave “the free way” to the Russian army in eastern Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.