Russia said on the 5th that Ukraine launched a new strike on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Ukraine said the last transmission line connecting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to Ukraine's energy system was disconnected due to fires caused by Russian shelling.
Russia says Ukrainian strike caused damage to distilled water container at nuclear power plant
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 5th, the local government of Ener Godar, where the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is located, announced on the same day that the Ukrainian side had carried out a new blow on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, one not far from the two generating units. The distilled water container is damaged.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a briefing on the 5th that on the 4th, Ukraine used a drone to attack the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Under the interference of Russian electronic countermeasures equipment, the UAV of the Ukrainian army lost control and fell about 1 km away from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Ukraine did not respond to this.
Uzbekistan says nuclear power plant units are disconnected from Ukrainian power grid
The Ukrainian State Nuclear Power Corporation issued a statement on the 5th saying that in the past three days, the Russian army continued to carry out intensive shelling on the site of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, causing damage to several transmission lines.
On the same day, due to the fire caused by the shelling, the last transmission line connecting the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with the Ukrainian energy system was disconnected, and the connection of all units of the nuclear power plant to the Ukrainian national grid was interrupted again.
On August 25, due to shelling and damage to transmission lines, the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was completely disconnected from the Ukrainian national grid for the first time, and power was cut off in some areas.
Ukrainian state nuclear power company also said it was continuing to monitor radiation levels at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and denied some social media reports of runaway radiation levels at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.