they get some bread as well but, yeah, so people are huck gri there wants a shift change for the hostages and red cross to deliver food, medicine and other splice. while chernobyl s three nuclear reactors were shut down in 2,000 and the facility no longer provides energy to ukraine. it still needs to be maintained as it undergoes a demissing process. ukraine s 2022 diplomatic wants russia to agree a cease-fire to allow workers to restore power. shooting one can ensure them that [inaudible] will not be fired at. so they can t give any aid to the area. despite the power loss at chernobyl, the international atomic energy agency says it sees no critical impact on safety. one nuclear expert says the war still presents a threat. this sun precedented. we have never had conflict
power. ukraine s foreign minister says the plant has diesel generators that can power it for 48 hours. but after that, the cooling systems for nuclear fuel stored there will stop, making radiation leaks imminent. nbc news has reached out to the russian government for comment. the international atomic energy agency said in a tweet that it saw no critical impact on safety, but that the power loss violated a key safety pillar. the agency went on to say that the heat load of the spent fuel storage pool and the volume of cooling water at the plant are sufficient for effective heat removal without the need for electricity. meanwhile, ukraine s deputy prime minister says ukraine and russia have agreed to day-long cease-firs at humanitarian corridors in six areas in the southeast and near kyiv. this comes one day after the ukraine government said about 5,000 people were able to escape from the northeastern city of sumy. and as we learn more about the desperate situation in the southern port ci
there is shooting, no one can ensure them that they will not be fired up. they can t deliver any aid to the area. despite the power loss to chernobyl the international agency says it sees no impact on safety. one expert says the war still presents a threat. this is unprecedented. we ve never had a conflict before where large nuclear power plants have been in the path of the fighting. tonight the families of the hostages pray they don t have to wait much longer. shannon? shannon: lucas thank you very much. bring in spebl report anchor bret baier tracking the latest in ukraine tonight back at the big map for us. hello brett. brett: hello shannon a look at the map at ukraine and what we are he a seeing from russian forces essentially the same areas roughly controlled, controlled by russian forces. these black lines you see here are really areas where there s a