Ukrainian officials accused Russia of bombing the route the IAEA inspection team was to take to the plant and of trying to undermine their visit, while officials in Enerhodar, where the power plant is located, said the town had been attacked by the Russian forces on Thursday morning. “Right now, helicopters, field artillery and rockets of the Russian army are shelling the city of Enerhodar,” said Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the military command of the Nikopol region (Nikopol is across the Dnipro River from Enerhodar). on Telegram. Ukraine’s Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov said on his Telegram account that civilian infrastructure was targeted and that helicopters were circling above the city. Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power company Energoatom said on Thursday morning that the fifth reactor has been shut down at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant due to the shelling that occurred nearby this morning. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is seen speaking to members of the press before leaving the hotel with a delegation to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on September 1, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s defense ministry, meanwhile, accused Ukraine of shelling Enerhodar this morning, and claimed Ukrainian forces had tried to “seize” the nuclear plant. “Today, at approximately 06:00 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops in two sabotage groups of up to 60 people in seven boats landed on the shore of the Kakhovka reservoir, three kilometers northeast of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and tried to seize the power plant,” it said the Ministry. The enemy was destroyed, “including the use of military aviation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement carried by Russia’s Interfax news agency. The report went on to say that Enerhodar “received a massive artillery strike from the Armed Forces of Ukraine” this morning that hit an apartment building and a kindergarten (the same targets Ukraine said Russia had hit). CNBC could not immediately verify any of the reports. For his part, the head of the IAEA visit to the nuclear plant said the mission would continue despite reports of increased military activity nearby. The UN nuclear watchdog’s visit to the nuclear facility, Europe’s largest, was always expected to spark a flurry of fighting, with both sides saying the other was planning “provocations” around the time of the inspection. — Holly Elliott
The nuclear plant’s fifth reactor was shut down after nearby bombings
Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power company Energoatom said on Thursday morning that the fifth reactor has been shut down at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as a result of early morning shelling. Attacks have been reported in the Enerhodar region where the plant is located, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of violence on the day a UN panel of experts is due to carry out a security inspection. There are widespread concerns about the stability of the complex amid the ongoing war. Zelensky says the world narrowly escaped a radioactive disaster on Thursday when Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was disconnected from Ukraine’s electricity grid. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Energoatom reported on Telegram this morning that “as a result of another mortar shelling by the Russian occupation forces at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant site, emergency protection was activated and the operating 5th power unit was shut down.” He said a backup power line was also damaged. “This is the second time in the last 10 days that the rioters’ criminal actions have led to a shutdown of the plant and a blackout of the plant,” Energoatom noted. He said that power unit No. 6 continues to work in Ukraine’s energy system and at the same time supplies the needs of ZNPP, adding that Ukrainian personnel at the plant are “doing everything possible to eliminate damage to its infrastructure.” — Holly Elliott
The US obtains a warrant to seize the Boeing 737 belonging to the Russian company Lukoil
A picture of the Russian multinational energy company Lukoil warehouse in Neder-Over-Heembeek on April 7, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | News Getty Images | Getty Images The United States has obtained a warrant to seize a $45 million Boeing 737 belonging to Russian energy company PJSC Lukoil, the US Department of Justice announced. The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas approved the seizure after finding “probable cause that the Boeing aircraft is subject to seizure based on violations of federal law,” the department said in a statement. Court documents revealed that the aircraft did not comply with Commerce Department sanctions against Russia as it “flew in and out” of the country. The aircraft last entered the United States in March 2019 and was carrying Lukoil executives, according to the ministry. The department said it believes the jet is currently in Russia. — Natalie Tam
IAEA team sets out for nuclear plant despite reports of heavy shelling
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to members of the press before leaving the hotel with a delegation for an inspection at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzia, Ukraine on September 1, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The International Atomic Energy Agency mission to inspect the Russian-held Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has begun, but there are reports this morning of shelling around Enerhodar, where the plant is located. The IAEA team is set to begin an inspection of the plant this morning following growing concerns about the safety and stability of the facility, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of shelling in the region, and on Thursday there were more reports of shelling in the region. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the mission was aware of “increased military activity in the area” but was continuing its plan to visit the facility and meet with staff there, Reuters reported. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that its forces opened fire on a group of Ukrainian troops who had landed in the Enerhodar region on Thursday morning. Alexander Volga, head of the city’s interim administration (a Russian official), told Interfax that, “there was a landing of Ukrainian troops, at the moment they are immobilized, lying in a summer house. Our air force is working on them. Scouts have taken their location, the moment they are hit by fire, I think it will all be over in the near future and we will win.” Interfax repeated Russian claims that Enerhodar “was subjected to a massive artillery strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine” this morning, in which it said apartment blocks and a kindergarten were hit. Ukraine has not responded to these claims, but Oleksandr Starukh, the Ukrainian head of the Zaporizhzhia region, said on Telegram on Thursday that Russian forces are shelling the pre-agreed route the IAEA team is to take to the nuclear plant. “The UN promotion team cannot continue the move for security reasons. Ukraine continues to make efforts to organize the safe access of the international IAEA mission to the ZNPP. We demand that the Russian Federation cease provocations and allow the IAEA unhindered access to the Ukrainian nuclear facility,” he said. — Holly Elliott
Russia says it is trying to restore supply lines to troops in southern Ukraine
Russian forces are focusing their efforts on restoring supply lines and maintaining occupied territory in Ukraine, the country’s armed forces said in an operational briefing on Thursday morning. “The adversary is concentrating efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk region, as well as maintaining the occupied territories of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv regions,” the general staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. Facebook post. Black smoke rises on the front line in the Mykolayiv region on August 30, 2022. Ukraine has launched a major counter-offensive to recapture the city of Kherson and the southern region of the same name. Kherson was the first Ukrainian city to fall into Russian hands since the invasion began in February. Dimitar Dilkoff | Afp | Getty Images The comments come amid a renewed push by Kyiv to reclaim Russian-held land, particularly in the south of the country around the city of Kherson, which was one of the first cities to fall into Russian hands after the invasion. Ukrainian forces attacked supply routes into the city, including key bridges over the Dnipro River, in a bid to prevent Russia from being able to resupply its troops. In the south, Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia was focusing on holding positions and “taking measures to recover losses” and “trying to restore supplies” to its troops there. Regional officials have reported Ukrainian advances and Russian retreats in some areas since the counteroffensive began earlier this week, but Ukraine has been reluctant to reveal its strategy or raise expectations of any impending revolution. the crash. — Holly Elliott
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Ukrainian officials accused Russia of bombing the route the IAEA inspection team was to take to the plant and of trying to undermine their visit, while officials in Enerhodar, where the power plant is located, said the town had been attacked by the Russian forces on Thursday morning. “Right now, helicopters, field artillery and rockets of the Russian army are shelling the city of Enerhodar,” said Yevhen Yevtushenko, head of the military command of the Nikopol region (Nikopol is across the Dnipro River from Enerhodar). on Telegram. Ukraine’s Enerhodar Mayor Dmytro Orlov said on his Telegram account that civilian infrastructure was targeted and that helicopters were circling above the city. Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power company Energoatom said on Thursday morning that the fifth reactor has been shut down at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant due to the shelling that occurred nearby this morning. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is seen speaking to members of the press before leaving the hotel with a delegation to inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine on September 1, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s defense ministry, meanwhile, accused Ukraine of shelling Enerhodar this morning, and claimed Ukrainian forces had tried to “seize” the nuclear plant. “Today, at approximately 06:00 Moscow time, Ukrainian troops in two sabotage groups of up to 60 people in seven boats landed on the shore of the Kakhovka reservoir, three kilometers northeast of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and tried to seize the power plant,” it said the Ministry. The enemy was destroyed, “including the use of military aviation,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement carried by Russia’s Interfax news agency. The report went on to say that Enerhodar “received a massive artillery strike from the Armed Forces of Ukraine” this morning that hit an apartment building and a kindergarten (the same targets Ukraine said Russia had hit). CNBC could not immediately verify any of the reports. For his part, the head of the IAEA visit to the nuclear plant said the mission would continue despite reports of increased military activity nearby. The UN nuclear watchdog’s visit to the nuclear facility, Europe’s largest, was always expected to spark a flurry of fighting, with both sides saying the other was planning “provocations” around the time of the inspection. — Holly Elliott
The nuclear plant’s fifth reactor was shut down after nearby bombings
Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power company Energoatom said on Thursday morning that the fifth reactor has been shut down at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as a result of early morning shelling. Attacks have been reported in the Enerhodar region where the plant is located, with Ukraine and Russia accusing each other of violence on the day a UN panel of experts is due to carry out a security inspection. There are widespread concerns about the stability of the complex amid the ongoing war. Zelensky says the world narrowly escaped a radioactive disaster on Thursday when Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was disconnected from Ukraine’s electricity grid. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Energoatom reported on Telegram this morning that “as a result of another mortar shelling by the Russian occupation forces at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant site, emergency protection was activated and the operating 5th power unit was shut down.” He said a backup power line was also damaged. “This is the second time in the last 10 days that the rioters’ criminal actions have led to a shutdown of the plant and a blackout of the plant,” Energoatom noted. He said that power unit No. 6 continues to work in Ukraine’s energy system and at the same time supplies the needs of ZNPP, adding that Ukrainian personnel at the plant are “doing everything possible to eliminate damage to its infrastructure.” — Holly Elliott
The US obtains a warrant to seize the Boeing 737 belonging to the Russian company Lukoil
A picture of the Russian multinational energy company Lukoil warehouse in Neder-Over-Heembeek on April 7, 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. Thierry Monasse | News Getty Images | Getty Images The United States has obtained a warrant to seize a $45 million Boeing 737 belonging to Russian energy company PJSC Lukoil, the US Department of Justice announced. The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas approved the seizure after finding “probable cause that the Boeing aircraft is subject to seizure based on violations of federal law,” the department said in a statement. Court documents revealed that the aircraft did not comply with Commerce Department sanctions against Russia as it “flew in and out” of the country. The aircraft last entered the United States in March 2019 and was carrying Lukoil executives, according to the ministry. The department said it believes the jet is currently in Russia. — Natalie Tam
IAEA team sets out for nuclear plant despite reports of heavy shelling
Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to members of the press before leaving the hotel with a delegation for an inspection at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzia, Ukraine on September 1, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The International Atomic Energy Agency mission to inspect the Russian-held Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has begun, but there are reports this morning of shelling around Enerhodar, where the plant is located. The IAEA team is set to begin an inspection of the plant this morning following growing concerns about the safety and stability of the facility, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of shelling in the region, and on Thursday there were more reports of shelling in the region. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the mission was aware of “increased military activity in the area” but was continuing its plan to visit the facility and meet with staff there, Reuters reported. Russia’s Interfax news agency reported that its forces opened fire on a group of Ukrainian troops who had landed in the Enerhodar region on Thursday morning. Alexander Volga, head of the city’s interim administration (a Russian official), told Interfax that, “there was a landing of Ukrainian troops, at the moment they are immobilized, lying in a summer house. Our air force is working on them. Scouts have taken their location, the moment they are hit by fire, I think it will all be over in the near future and we will win.” Interfax repeated Russian claims that Enerhodar “was subjected to a massive artillery strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine” this morning, in which it said apartment blocks and a kindergarten were hit. Ukraine has not responded to these claims, but Oleksandr Starukh, the Ukrainian head of the Zaporizhzhia region, said on Telegram on Thursday that Russian forces are shelling the pre-agreed route the IAEA team is to take to the nuclear plant. “The UN promotion team cannot continue the move for security reasons. Ukraine continues to make efforts to organize the safe access of the international IAEA mission to the ZNPP. We demand that the Russian Federation cease provocations and allow the IAEA unhindered access to the Ukrainian nuclear facility,” he said. — Holly Elliott
Russia says it is trying to restore supply lines to troops in southern Ukraine
Russian forces are focusing their efforts on restoring supply lines and maintaining occupied territory in Ukraine, the country’s armed forces said in an operational briefing on Thursday morning. “The adversary is concentrating efforts on establishing full control over the territory of the Donetsk region, as well as maintaining the occupied territories of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv regions,” the general staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said. Facebook post. Black smoke rises on the front line in the Mykolayiv region on August 30, 2022. Ukraine has launched a major counter-offensive to recapture the city of Kherson and the southern region of the same name. Kherson was the first Ukrainian city to fall into Russian hands since the invasion began in February. Dimitar Dilkoff | Afp | Getty Images The comments come amid a renewed push by Kyiv to reclaim Russian-held land, particularly in the south of the country around the city of Kherson, which was one of the first cities to fall into Russian hands after the invasion. Ukrainian forces attacked supply routes into the city, including key bridges over the Dnipro River, in a bid to prevent Russia from being able to resupply its troops. In the south, Ukraine’s armed forces said Russia was focusing on holding positions and “taking measures to recover losses” and “trying to restore supplies” to its troops there. Regional officials have reported Ukrainian advances and Russian retreats in some areas since the counteroffensive began earlier this week, but Ukraine has been reluctant to reveal its strategy or raise expectations of any impending revolution. the crash. — Holly Elliott
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