The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest in southern Ukraine, has suspended production after its generators were put into standby and emergency mode. This was announced by pro-Russian regional governor Vladimir Rogov, explaining that the plant was “completely” disconnected from external power after Ukraine shut down a power line it controls. Zaporizhzhia city council secretary Anatoliy Kurtev from Ukraine said that work has been ongoing since the beginning of today to restore electricity in the city. Power “was partially cut in Zaporizhzhia due to an emergency situation at one of the power facilities,” Kurtev said on Telegram.
“The problems with the electricity supply that have arisen in the city of Zaporizhzhia are not related to the bombings,” added Yuriy Malashko, governor of the Ukrainian region, to Telegram, who then announced that there was a fire in one of the structures in the region. city of Zaporizhzhia due to an overload in the electrical system. Explosions were reported in Zaporizhzhia overnight, as well as in Kharkiv and Dnipro, with a national air strike alert activated at 3:48 am. The version of the national energy production company in Ukraine, Energoatom, is different, according to which the suspension of energy production at the nuclear power plant was determined by the bombing, by Russia, of the external power line.
Source: IL Tempo

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