Evacuation of Enerhodar residents not expected right now

The evacuation of Enerhodar residents due to the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is not expected right now.

The head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Starukh, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"But the evacuation plan is already being prepared despite the fact that the infrastructure has been destroyed and Russian troops are present in some areas," he said.

On the night of Friday, a fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhia NPP as a result of heavy weapons shelling by the Russian army.

One shell hit the first power unit, Zaporizhzhia NPP spokesman Andriy Tuz said.

Energoatom issued an appeal to the world community warning that the shelling was "a violation of the nuclear and radiation safety of Europe's largest nuclear facility, which could have serious and tragic consequences for the world."

Zaporizhzhia NPP said that Chechen fighters broke into the territory of the plant and want to lay mines at the plant.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine said that a fire broke out outside the NPP in the building of the training center. The plant's third power unit was disconnected from the country's single power grid (only the fourth power unit is operating). Fire condition at the plant is within the norm.