Russia to attempt connecting Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to power grid in occupied Crimea and east of Ukraine
Russian occupation authorities will attempt to connect the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to the power grid in temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas after Russian shelling damaged the last two high-voltage power lines connecting the ZNPP to Ukraine’s grid.
Source: Energoatom, the state operator of nuclear power plants in Ukraine, on Telegram
Quote: "They [the Russian occupiers - ed.] will soon attempt to repair the power lines and connect the ZNPP to the power grid in temporarily occupied Crimea and Donbas."
Previously: On the morning of 3 November, Energoatom said that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been left without power after Russian shelling on 2 November damaged the remaining two high-voltage power lines connecting the power plant with Ukraine’s energy grid.
Background:
- Russian forces occupied the ZNPP on 4 March. The power plant captured the world’s attention in early August when Russian forces started to shell it. Russia rejected calls to demilitarise the ZNPP under the pretext that it has to "protect" it from provocations; it has blamed the ZNPP shelling on Ukraine.
- On 25 August, the actions of the Russian occupying forces resulted in the first ever instance of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant being disconnected from Ukraine’s power grid.
- On 5 October, Vladimir Putin signed a decree according to which the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was to be handed over to Russia’s control.
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