Energo Atom: The last reactor in Zaporizhia has been disconnected from the Ukrainian grid after the inspectors left

The last operating reactor at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was disconnected from the Ukrainian grid on Monday after Russian bombing cut power lines, a spokesman for Ukraine's state nuclear energy company, Energoatom, said.

Russian forces seized Europe's largest nuclear power plant with six reactors in southern Ukraine in March, but it is still operated by Ukrainian technicians.

"Today, as a result of fire caused by the bombing, (the last) transmission line (for electricity that is still operating) was disconnected from the grid," Energo Atom said in a statement on Telegram.

"As a result, (the reactor) No. Six, which currently supplies (the station) with its (energy), has been disconnected from the grid," she added.

Ukraine's Energy Minister German Galushchenko wrote on Facebook that Ukraine is unable to repair power lines now because of the fighting around the plant.

"Any repairs to the power lines are currently impossible, as the fighting continues around the station," he added.

Galushchenko complained that the new bombing took place shortly after most of the inspectors of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency mission left the station earlier on Monday.

"As soon as the IAEA mission left the Zaporizhia nuclear plant - the reactor turned off again," he added.

Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other for risking a nuclear catastrophe, with the area where the plant is located repeatedly bombed over the past month.

Ukraine has also repeatedly accused Russia of deploying troops and military equipment at the station.

Reactors number five and six are still in use but are currently separated from the grid.

And they were subjected to frequent interruptions due to the bombing during the past two weeks.

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