In the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odessa, loud explosions were heard last night at 8:19 p.m., a few minutes after an air alert was announced, dariknews.bg reported.
Everyone should stay in the shelters until the alarm is canceled, there is information about a repeat attack, informs in the "Telegram" application. the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov.
The Bulgarians in Odesa Region number over 150,000 people and are the third most numerous according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorodnist regions.
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will travel to Ukraine next week to hold high-level talks and assess the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Reuters reported, as quoted by BTA, refers to the IAEA.
At the same time, in a letter to the IAEA, the Ukrainian government informed that the country had to temporarily stop four reactors because of the Russian airstrikes, DPA reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency published the letter, as requested by Ukraine, but has not yet commented on the subject, DPA notes.
During the intensive Russian air attack on Monday, reactors 1, 3 and 4 of the Rovno nuclear power plant had to be shut down, which was done in the morning. Due to fluctuations in the network, another reactor of the plant was shut down in the afternoon.
The Russian Federation continues to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, seeking to disrupt the country's nuclear power plants, which provide the majority of Ukraine's electricity needs, the Ukrainian government's letter said.
Russia has already destroyed or damaged with airstrikes many hydroelectric plants in Ukraine, as well as those that ran on coal and gas. No attacks have been carried out against Ukraine's nuclear power plants, but the facilities are affected by fluctuations in the power grid, DPA says.
Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant – The Zaporizhzhia NPP is occupied by the Russian army and has been shut down.
The International Atomic Energy Agency calls on both parties to the conflict not to endanger nuclear facilities.
Emergency power outages were announced yesterday for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, as well as for 11 other regions, following massive Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on August 26.
Everyone should stay in the shelters until the alarm is canceled, there is information about a repeat attack, informs in the "Telegram" application. the mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov.
The Bulgarians in Odesa Region number over 150,000 people and are the third most numerous according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. About 50-60 thousand Bulgarians live in the city of Odesa itself. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in the Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorodnist regions.
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi will travel to Ukraine next week to hold high-level talks and assess the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Reuters reported, as quoted by BTA, refers to the IAEA.
At the same time, in a letter to the IAEA, the Ukrainian government informed that the country had to temporarily stop four reactors because of the Russian airstrikes, DPA reported. The International Atomic Energy Agency published the letter, as requested by Ukraine, but has not yet commented on the subject, DPA notes.
During the intensive Russian air attack on Monday, reactors 1, 3 and 4 of the Rovno nuclear power plant had to be shut down, which was done in the morning. Due to fluctuations in the network, another reactor of the plant was shut down in the afternoon.
The Russian Federation continues to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, seeking to disrupt the country's nuclear power plants, which provide the majority of Ukraine's electricity needs, the Ukrainian government's letter said.
Russia has already destroyed or damaged with airstrikes many hydroelectric plants in Ukraine, as well as those that ran on coal and gas. No attacks have been carried out against Ukraine's nuclear power plants, but the facilities are affected by fluctuations in the power grid, DPA says.
Ukraine's largest nuclear power plant – The Zaporizhzhia NPP is occupied by the Russian army and has been shut down.
The International Atomic Energy Agency calls on both parties to the conflict not to endanger nuclear facilities.
Emergency power outages were announced yesterday for the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, as well as for 11 other regions, following massive Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure on August 26.