Scores of people were trying to evacuate from villages near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear-power plant , Ukrainian officials said, as an explosion cut off access to electricity and water at a nearby town. Electricity and water supplies in Enerhodar, Ukraine , were stopped after residents reported a powerful explosion Tuesday that shook the town, said Mayor Dmytro Orlov. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk appealed for Russia to allow civilians from the area—which is controlled by Russian forces—to cross into Ukrainian-held territory. “People are turning to us en masse for help. They are trying to leave this dangerous territory,” Ms. Vereshchuk said. “We once again appeal to the Russian Federation with the demand to provide us with a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of women, children and the elderly.” The appeal came as United Nations inspectors released a report on the state of the nuclear plant, Europe’s largest, after weeks […]