Day 172 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russian Soldiers who Shoot at and from Zaporizhzhia NPP are Targeted by Ukrainians

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Zelensky: We are targeting the Russian soldiers who are shooting at and from the captured Zaporizhzhia NPP

Ukraine is targeting Russian soldiers who are firing at and from the captured Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned. Moscow and Kyiv again exchanged accusations about the shelling of the plant.

Russian forces are shelling the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in order to blackmail Ukraine and the entire free world, announced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "Every day that Russian forces remain on the territory of the plant increases the radiation threat to Europe to levels that did not exist even at the peak of the Cold War confrontation", Zelensky added and emphasized:

"Ukrainian diplomats and representatives of the countries that are our partners will do everything to ensure that the new sanctions against Russia will necessarily block the Russian nuclear industry," Zelensky said in his traditional address to the Ukrainian people.

Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of numerous shellings in recent days at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is the largest in Europe. Russian troops captured the plant early in the war, but it is still operated by Ukrainians who complain of being threatened by the Russian military and held in very harsh conditions.

The counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army against the city of Kherson continues. According to British intelligence, Ukrainian units have destroyed a second bridge on the Dnieper River, which was used by Russian forces to supply supplies.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army...