Ukrainian forces defeated a Russian offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Feb. 17, killing 70 troops and injuring 80, the Operational Command West reported on Feb. 18. The offensive involved 30 pieces of equipment and a “fairly large” number of enemy troops. Ukraine destroyed 18 pieces of Russian equipment, including three tanks, according to the report. […]
Explosions occurred in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia on the morning of 15 February. Source: Suspilne, Ukraine’s public broadcaster Details: A few minutes after the first report, Suspilne journalists heard repeated explosions in Dnipro. At 06:27, repeated explosions were also heard in Zaporizhzhia. At 06:32, explosions were heard in Lviv. Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of Lviv Oblast Military […]
Director General of the UN’s nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi visited the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine’s south on Feb. 7 to check the status of the plant’s cooling systems and assess whether it can operate with a reduced staff. The nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, has been under Russian occupation since March […]
The occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant only employs half the number of personnel required, and the station’s nuclear fuel life is also running out. Source: IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, during a joint press conference with Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko, as reported by Ukrinform news agency Details: According to Grossi, the need for a […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed an order appointing Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration. Source: the order posted on the website of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Yurii Malashko, former Head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Quote from the order: “Ivan Fedorov shall be appointed Head of […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade near the front-line town of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on Feb. 4. Robotyne sits by the a main road toward Russian-occupied Tokmak and further to occupied Melitopol, one of the key logistic hubs for Russian forces in southern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces liberated Robotyne in late August last […]
The Ukraine’s SBU security service has detained an agent of Russian military intelligence (GRU) who helped correct missile targeting in the Zaporizhzhia region, the SBU reported on Telegram on Jan. 16. The suspect was a security guard at a local kindergarten, recruited by the GRU in December 2023. He helped Russian forces target residential buildings […]
The Russians have not yet granted International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) access to the reactor halls of units 1, 2 and 6. Source: a statement by Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, regarding the situation in Ukraine Quote: “International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s […]
Russia hit a residential area in Zaporizhzhia during its mass missile morning attack against Ukraine, resulting in at least two people being injured, the regional governor Yurii Malashko reported on Jan. 8. Five explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia at around 7 a.m. local time, with missiles hitting open areas and near residential buildings, Malashko said […]
The Office of Prosecutor General of Ukraine has reason to suspect soldiers from the Russian 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division, also known as the Pskov Airborne Division, of executing three Ukrainian prisoners of war. Source: Yurii Bielousov, Head of the Department of Combating Crimes in the Context of the Armed Conflict in the Office of […]
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office has verified the video showing a recent execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and believes that Russia’s 76th Airborne Division may be involved in the killings. “This division is already known for war crimes committed in Ukraine, particularly in Kyiv Oblast,” Yurii Bielousov, an official within the […]
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office has launched an investigation into the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers near Zaporizhzhia. Source: Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office Details: Investigators say Russian Armed Forces servicemen captured three Ukrainian defenders in December 2023 during a combat engagement with Ukraine’s Defence Forces near the village of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). […]