He said: "From the very beginning of the war the Kremlin was desperately needing victories, they don't have victories at all, they only had losses. The outage prompted concerns in the West, with the UN's nuclear watchdog chief warning that the situation at the plant was "extremely vulnerable".Ī Ukrainian MP has described Bakhmut as a "mouse trap" for Russian forces and said Kyiv has done well to prevent Moscow's forces from going "deeper" into Ukrainian territory.Īndrii Osadchuk, MP for the Golos party, told Sky News that from the beginning, Ukraine understood that from a "technical point" Bakhmut is a regular city, but claimed it was important for the Kremlin. Russia captured the plant in the early days of the war, but it was put on emergency generators today after Ukraine disconnected a power line it still controls. Power line and Energoatom, the Ukrainian state nuclear energy company, said the problem was caused by Russian shelling.
Russia-installed local official said Ukraine had disconnected a In southern Ukraine to ensure nuclear fuel was kept cool andīoth sides blamed the other for the power outage. The plant, the biggest in Europe, was switched to standby this morning after it was "completely" disconnected from its power source after a reported fire at an electricity facility in the city.īack-up diesel generators had earlier kicked in at the plant The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been reconnected to its external power supply, Ukraine's national grid has said. Russia said on Saturday it had captured the shattered city, though Ukraine denies Moscow's forces have Ukrainian officials say Kyiv still controls a small part of the city, which has been obliterated after months of fierce fighting with huge losses on both sides.
He adds that we have "probably not yet heard the last of the battle for Bakhmut". "That would leave Russian forces very vulnerable - as limited infrastructure was left to support forces in the city." He says they have been pushed back by Ukrainian forces over the past few days and that there is potential for Kyiv's soldiers to capitalise on the Russian transition to encircle the city. He adds that Wagner forces will withdraw from the city in the coming week, to rest and be replaced by Russian army soldiers who he says have been responsible for defending flanks of city. He says: "Whatever the actual situation on the ground, Wagner was always expected to announce victory 'early'." While the exact picture in Bakhmut remains unclear, our military analyst Sean Bell explains why capturing the city would mark a "rare battlefield victory" for Vladimir Putin - but also could leave Russian forces vulnerable.
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