Russia is draining a huge Ukrainian reservoir that provides drinking water to hundreds of thousands, irrigates around half-a-million acres of farmland and provides cooling to the ZNPP.
Read MorePitched battles continue in the east, where Moscow's offensive has centered on the cities of Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, Ukraine's General Staff reports, as a regional official reported that Russians are leveling a famous theater to the ground in the southern city of Mariupol.
Read MoreUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on September 25 that there was fierce fighting taking place on the front lines but that Kyiv was seeing "positive results." The number of people detained in Russia for protesting against the country's partial military mobilization has risen to nearly 2,500 people across the country.
Read MoreA second day of so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation is being held in four Ukrainian regions partially occupied by Moscow -- votes dismissed as a sham by Ukraine, the West, and the United Nations because they are illegal under international law.
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