Ukraine attacks convoy of cars, killing 23, injuring 34
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Ukrainian forces attack a convoy making its way into the Zaporozhye region.
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Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (EPA-EFE/SERGEI SUPINSKY)
A member of the Zaporozhye regional administration's main council, Vladimir Rogov, revealed that a total of 23 people were killed and 34 others were injured as a result of a Ukrainian military strike on a convoy of cars on their way into the territory.
Rogov told Sputnik earlier in the day that Ukraine attacked a convoy of cars with civilians on their way into the Zaporozhye region.
"As of now, it is known about 23 dead and 34 injured civilians," Rogov wrote on Telegram.
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"Targeted strikes by our troops in the localities of Energodar and Kherson have destroyed three artillery systems of the enemy as well as an ammunition depot," the Ukrainian army said.
A team of 14 inspectors from the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is visiting Zaporozhye — Europe’s largest nuclear power plant — as global concern grows over its safety in a war raging ever-closer to its six reactors.
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