Rivne Nuclear Power Plant
The Rivne Nuclear Power Plant is one of the four operating nuclear power stations in Ukraine, located near the city of Kuznetsovsk in the Rivne Oblast. Operated by the state-owned company Energoatom, the station has four reactor units: two older Soviet-designed VVER-440 reactors and two VVER-1000 reactors. Construction of the plant began in the 1970s, and it was the first Ukrainian nuclear facility built in the western part of the country.
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Leaked Russian plan outlines three-stage winter campaign to cripple Ukraine's energy grid
The New York Times published details of a document presented by Ukraine's Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal to European partners in Paris, describing a Russian plan for a three-stage winter strike campaign aimed at destroying Ukraine's energy system and cutting major cities off from electricity, heat and water. The plan, which the NYT said it could not independently verify, envisions up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs targeting substations, hydroelectric and thermal plants, and the switchgear connecting Ukraine's three operating nuclear power plants to the grid. President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Financial Times that Russia also aims to provoke a new refugee wave to the EU and pressure Ukraine to concede by early 2027.