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Ukraine says its forces have reclaimed around 2,000 square kilometres of territory this month.
Operations at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine have been stopped.
City of Kupiansk is a railway hub while Izium is a major base for Russian forces in Kharkiv region.
By retaking city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv region Ukraine is cutting off Russian supply routes.

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The last operational reactor at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine has been fully stopped as fears of a radiation disaster continue.

Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant, said on Sunday that work at the facility was “completely stopped” after it disconnected the Number 6 power unit from the grid at 3:41am (00:41 GMT).

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has warned of a very real risk of nuclear disaster. After weeks of trying, he has led a team to the plant where Ukrainian staff have worked in highly challenging conditions for almost six months.

Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia plant on the left bank of the River Dnieper at the start of its war and the two sides have since accused each other of repeatedly shelling it.

When the plant was temporarily cut off from Ukraine's power grid for the first time in its history in late August, Ukraine's president said the world had narrowly avoided a radiation accident. Russian officials have even produced a map of how a radioactive cloud might spread to neighbouring countries.

What, then, is the risk to this nuclear plant which houses six reactors - and is Europe facing a Fukushima-type meltdown?

Much of the anxiety has been about the plant coming under fire from artillery shells or rockets. Ukraine has accused Russian forces of using it as a shield from which to fire on nearby cities. Russia denies that is the case, but satellite photos have shown their military stationed near some of the buildings.

"Zaporizhzhia was built in the 1980s, which is relatively modern," says Mark Wenman, head of the Centre for Doctoral Training in Nuclear Energy Futures. "It has a solid containment building. It's 1.75m [5.75ft] thick, of heavily reinforced concrete on a seismic bed [to withstand earthquakes]... and it takes a hell of a lot to breach that."
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