Battle of Enerhodar

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Battle of Enerhodar
Part of the southern Ukraine offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian shelling of Enerhodar
Date 4 March 2022 - 7 March 2022 Location Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Ukraine
Units involved
Russian Armed Forces	Ukrainian Armed Forces  Ukrainian Ground Forces International Legion[1] Civilian militias

The battle of Enerhodar was a military engagement between the Russian Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the southern Ukraine offensive of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine over the city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, on March 4 2022. Enerhodar is the location of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which generates nearly half of the country's electricity derived from nuclear power and more than a fifth of total electricity generated in Ukraine,^[2] as well as the nearby thermal power station.

After attacking protesting civilians on March 3, Russian forces engaged Ukrainian forces at the nuclear power plant and took control of it, seizing Enerhodar the same day. The area remains under Russian occupation.