The Russian Foreign Ministry said that “Kyiv is making every effort to disrupt the trip of the Atomic Energy Agency mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.”

Earlier in the day, the German Foreign Ministry noted: “The situation around the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye is extremely dangerous. We condemn the occupation of the station by Russian troops and demand that access be granted to the IAEA as soon as possible.”

A Russian official confirmed, according to the Russian TASS news agency, that “Ukrainian forces have cut the last power line linking the Zaporozhye power plant with Ukraine,” noting that “supply of electricity from the Zaporozhye power plant to Ukraine has become 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.