There has been no electricity or running water for three days in a row in Enerhodar, the city adjacent to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that is currently under Russian control, the city's mayor said on Sunday.
According to Ukrainian-elected mayor Dmytro Orlov, constant shelling “prevents quick emergency and restoration work.”
“As of now, Enerhodar is still without electricity and water. Regular shelling stays in the way of rapid emergency recovery work,” Orlov said in a Telegram post, adding that residents have had to build bonfires to cook. "For the third day, people have been deprived of the opportunity to cook food.”
Orlov said “the Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly tried to deliver humanitarian supplies with food, hygiene products and so on to the city,” adding that Ukraine is “ready to organize prompt delivery and distribution of drinking water in Enerhodar” but that Russian forces have not let humanitarian aid through.
“For a long time now, the occupiers have not let humanitarian goods from the territories controlled by Ukraine into the city,” Orlov said.
Russian and Ukrainian officials blame each other for the recent shelling in Enerhodar.
Vladimir Rogov, a senior pro-Russian official in the regional Zaporizhzhia government, said Friday that the situation in Enerhodar and its suburbs was due to shelling from Ukrainian side.