Zaporizhia

Ukrainian forces on Sep. 9 claimed new success in their counteroffensive against Russian forces in the country's east, taking control of a sizeable village and pushing toward an important transport junction. The United States' top diplomat and the head of NATO noted the advances, but cautioned that the war is likely to drag on for months.

Ukrainians are targeting a warehouse located in Zaporozhye, Russian media reports.
Every day, the media write about how the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye is at risk of an attack.
Four missiles fell near the storage of radioactive isotopes, announced the authorities of Energodar, near which the atomic power plant is located, reports RIA Novosti.

A representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that the Zaporizhia nuclear plant could be shut down if Ukrainian forces continue shelling. This information is strongly denied by Kyiv.

As "Sputnik" reports, official Kyiv is allegedly planning to carry out a provocation during the visit of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres.

When she understood Russian troops were advancing in the region of Zaporizhzhia, Natalya Chergik helped to fill a truck with a ton of paintings, antique firearms and 17th-century ceramics.

"We drove 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) in five days. The trip was awful, planes were flying over us and we did not even know if they were Ukrainian or not," she recounts.