More than 1,600 evacuated from areas near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Russia-installed official

More than 1,600 evacuated from areas near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant – Russia-installed official

Some 1,679 folks, together with 660 youngsters, have been evacuated from areas close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, a Moscow-installed official within the Russia-controlled elements of the Zaporizhzhia area of Ukraine stated late on Sunday.

The head of the U.N.’s nuclear energy watchdog warned on Saturday that the state of affairs across the plant has turn out to be “potentially dangerous” as Moscow-installed officers started evacuating folks from close by areas.

Ukraine is predicted to begin quickly a much-anticipated counteroffensive to retake Russian-held territory, together with within the Zaporizhzhia area.

“(The evacuees) have already been placed in the temporary accommodation centre for residents of the front-line territories of the Zaporizhzhia region in Berdiansk,” Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian-installed governor of the Russia-controlled a part of Zaporizhzhia area, stated on his Telegram messaging channel.

Berdiansk is a south-eastern Ukrainian port metropolis on the coast of the Sea of Azov, which has been occupied by Russia for the reason that early days of Moscow’s invasion on Ukraine in February 2022.

Source: www.anews.com.tr