On 26 February, it was announced that Russian troops were advancing on Zaporizhzhia Power Plant.[1] Fighting was reported in the southern outskirts of the city in the morning and afternoon of 27 February. No causalities were reported.[2] Shelling of Zaporizhzhia began in the evening of that same day.[3] The Russian Defense Ministry announced the capture of Enerhodar and the surroundings of Zaporizhzhya plant on 28 February. Ukraine denied that it had lost control of the plant.[4] Enerhodar's mayor Dmitri Orlov denied that the city and the plant had been captured.[5]