Ukraine's nuclear energy agency says it has put the last operating reactor at Europe's largest nuclear power plant into a "cold shutdown."

Officials said there was ‘no direct threat’ to the Zaporizhzhia plant after the breach at the Kakhovka dam further down the Dnieper River.

Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko

Ukraine has started intensifying attacks in the southeast, likely working a long-anticipated counteroffensive in efforts to take back control of areas Russian forces took at the beginning of the war.

The breached Kakhovka dam is still pumping water to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the IAEA said. Meanwhile, President Zelenskyy has hailed the "results" of fighting in eastern Ukraine. "Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is continuing to pump cooling water from the Kakhovka reservoir,