Addressing the assembly by video, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed the significance of NATO's military and financial support to Ukraine and urged the alliance to welcome Ukraine into the EU and NATO.The plant's external power supplies, which have been knocked out several times during the conflict, were also not affected.In Kherson and the neighboring province of Mykolaiv, Ukrainian authorities have started evacuating civilians, fearing that damage to the infrastructure of the recently liberated areas is too severe for people to endure the coming winter, AP quoted officials saying on Monday.Residents of the two southern regions, regularly shelled in the past months by Russian forces, have been advised to move to safer areas in the central and western parts of the country, said Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.The liberation of the area marked a major battlefield gain, while the evacuations now highlight the difficulties the country is facing following heavy Russian shelling of its power infrastructure."