EditorialResidents pass along a street in Nikopol, with the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the background, behind an expanse of sand exposed after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam, in Ukraine, on July 3, 2023. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant stands on the banks of the drying Dnieper River, where waters have receded after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam and the subsequent draining of its reservoir, seen from Nikopol, Ukraine on June 23, 2023. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialResidents collect drinking water at one of many water distribution points set up in the town of Nikopol, Ukraine, on June 23, 2023. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River, across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in the Nikopol district of southern Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialReceding water levels along the banks of the Dnieper River across from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, occupied by Russian forces, in the Nikopol district of Ukraine, June 9, 2023. (Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as seen from across the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian town of Nikopol, July 29, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as seen from across the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian town of Nikopol, July 29, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant as seen from across the Dnipro River from the Ukrainian town of Nikopol, July 29, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant can be seen beyond the Dnieper River from Nikopol, Ukraine on Oct. 21, 2022. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialA resident clears debris from an apartment damaged by Russian bombardment in the city of Nikopol, Ukraine, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, is seen from Nikopol, across the Dnieper River, Aug. 13, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant can be seen beyond the Dnieper River from Nikopol, Ukraine on Oct. 21, 2022. (Finbarr O’Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialMen clear debris from a bombed-out apartment building in Nikopol, Ukraine, across the Dnipro River from the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which provides one-fifth of the power needs in Ukraine, was disconnected from the nation’s grid on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, causing large-scale power outages in southern Ukraine. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, is seen from Nikopol, across the Dnipro River, Aug. 13, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which provides one-fifth of the power needs in Ukraine, was disconnected from the nation’s grid on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, causing large-scale power outages in southern Ukraine. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman walks along a street in Nikopol, Ukraine, as the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia looms on the horizon across the Dnipro River, Aug. 15, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialZaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which provides one-fifth of the power needs in Ukraine, was disconnected from the nation’s grid on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, causing large-scale power outages in southern Ukraine. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialMen clear debris from a bombed-out apartment building in Nikopol, Ukraine, across the Dnipro River from the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialMen clear debris from a bombed-out apartment building in Nikopol, Ukraine, across the Dnipro River from the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, Aug. 15, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialA woman walks along a street in Nikopol, Ukraine, as the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia looms on the horizon across the Dnipro River on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialAcross the Dnieper River, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant can be seen from Ukrainian-held territory near Nikopol on July 29, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialA decoy soldier by a roadside across the Dnipro River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, on the outskirts of Nikopol, Ukraine, July 29, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)
EditorialAcross the Dnieper River, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant can be seen from Ukrainian-held territory near Nikopol on July 29, 2022. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)