“According to preliminary and so far unconfirmed information, due to the shelling of Zelensky’s terrorists at the ZNPP, the 5th power unit was turned off - emergency protection worked,” he wrote in Telegram.
He also reported on the damage to the ZNPP-330 kV backup power line for auxiliary needs.
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian military had been shelling Energodar since the early morning of September 1.
At the moment, three civilians are known to have died, and one more was injured.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are also firing artillery at the meeting point of the IAEA mission in the area of the settlement of Vasilyevka and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow hopes that the visit of the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will help stop Kyiv from provoking a catastrophe and stop nuclear blackmail.