Shortage of specialists who can ensure life of power plant is growing at Zaporizhzhia NPP - General Staff

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported this on March 13.

It is noted that after the occupying Russian forces hired people without the appropriate education and experience at the nuclear power plant, the Russian representatives of Rosatom expired their contract. At the same time, they were refused to sign a new contract or extend the existing one. They have also been denied return to Russia, as there is no one left to work at the nuclear power plant. All this can lead to unpredictable consequences.

It is also noted that the Russian enemy continues to suffer losses.

“For example, 150 mercenaries of the so-called Wagner PMC were brought to the Bilovodsk district hospital in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region for treatment,” the report says. 

The Russian aggressor continues to focus its efforts on conducting offensive actions in five directions

“The Russian aggressor continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Shakhtarsk (Vuhledar) directions and does not abandon attempts to reach the administrative border of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” the statement reads.

It is also noted that during the day, the enemy launched 29 airstrikes and 6 missile attacks. In particular, the vocational and agricultural lyceum in the village of Znob-Novhorodske, Sumy region. One civilian was killed and 5 more civilians were wounded.

The Russian Federation continued shelling the entire line of contact with artillery and mortars: one settlement in the Chernihiv region, four more settlements in the Sumy region, as well as five villages in the Kharkiv region were attacked. 

Shelling of Ukrainian regions

In the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, 6 settlements came under artillery fire. 

In the Bakhmut direction, 8 settlements of the Donetsk region were subjected to shelling. 

In the Avdiivka, Marinka and Shakhtarsk directions, over 10 settlements were attacked. 

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, over 38 cities and villages were attacked by the invading Russian forces. 

Within 24 hours, Ukrainian aviation launched 10 strikes on Russian military positions

Over the course of the day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces' aviation launched 10 strikes on the invading Russian troops' military positions.