Russia reinforces defensive positions at Ukraine’s nuclear plant ahead of counteroffensive 

Reuters reports this with reference to four eyewitnesses.

"New trenches have been dug around the city and more mines have been laid. Surveillance cameras at the plant are pointing north across a wide reservoir towards Ukrainian-controlled territory," the publication says.

For several months now, the Russian forces have been setting up firing positions on some of the station's buildings, and nets have been installed to possibly deter drones, the agency notes.

"The measures described by two Ukrainians who work at the power plant and two other residents in the city of Enerhodar underline the risks the war poses to the security of the facility," Reuters writes.

Experts fear for the safety of ZNPP under occupation.

"Nuclear reactors were not designed for war zones and I do not believe they can be safe or secure in a war zone," said Nickolas Roth, director at think tank the Nuclear Threat Initiative.

• Earlier it became known that the Russians placed explosives in the turbine room of the fourth power unit of the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP.

• Energoatom, Ukraine’s nuclear operator, assessed the risks for ZNPP in case of Ukrainian counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia region.