Scores of people were trying to evacuate from villages near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear-power plant, Ukrainian officials said, as an explosion cut off access to electricity and water at a nearby town.
Electricity and water supplies in Enerhodar, Ukraine, were stopped after residents reported a powerful explosion Tuesday that shook the town, said Mayor Dmytro Orlov. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk appealed for Russia to allow civilians from the area—which is controlled by Russian forces—to cross into Ukrainian-held territory.