President Zelenskyy: Seventh day of unprecedented emergency at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

“It is now the seventh day – by the way, it is something that has never happened before – of an emergency situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The situation is critical,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a traditional address to the Ukrainian nation on Sept. 30.

Dear Ukrainians!

Rescue efforts are still ongoing in Dnipro following a Russian drone strike – it was a deliberate strike on the city center. Sadly, people were wounded. Overall, throughout the day, the eastern regions – Kharkiv, Dnipro, our Sumy, and Chernihiv – have been under near-constant air threats. Kharkiv came under attack. A substation in the Chernihiv region was hit, and restoration work is currently underway. In the Sumy region, during the night, the Russians killed an entire family, just killed them right in their home: a wife, a husband, and two young children, who were four and seven. The woman was pregnant. A Russian drone strike. My condolences to their families and loved ones. We will definitely respond to Russia for its strikes.

Full text of the address: Office of the President of Ukraine