The Russian official confirmed, according to the Russian news agency TASS, that “Ukrainian forces have cut the last power line linking the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant with Ukraine”, noting that “supply of electricity from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to Ukraine is difficult.” impossible.”

Yesterday, Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company Energoatom announced that the last two reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine were shut down after nearby fires damaged overhead power lines.

The company explained that fires broke out in ash dumps at a coal-fired power plant, located next to the largest power plant in Europe, and damaged power lines connecting the nuclear power plant to the Ukrainian grid, and confirmed that work was underway to reconnect one of the existing reactor units. with the power grid, indicating that “the security and automation systems of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear reactor are operating in the normal mode.”