“During the shelling, an explosion was recorded in the area of the switchgear located at the thermal power plant,” the administration said.
According to TASS, the city and surrounding areas were de-energized.
Earlier, the chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia”, Volodymyr Rogov, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were preparing for a landing operation with massive shelling of the coastline near Energodar.
According to the Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrating powerful forces in the Zaporozhye direction and continue shelling districts and cities in the north of the region.