Overview

• The IAEA maintains a permanent team at Zaporizhzhia and conducts regular inspections to safeguard nuclear safety under occupation.
• Greenpeace and Ukrainian officials report that Russia is constructing a 90-kilometer high-voltage line to link the plant to its energy grid without Kyiv’s authorization.
• IAEA chief Rafael Grossi stated the plant remains in cold shutdown due to insufficient cooling water and unstable power, ruling out any imminent restart.
• Artillery and drone strikes have severed two of the facility’s last power lines, intensifying concerns over its ability to maintain essential cooling.
• Kyiv has lodged diplomatic protests and urged unimpeded IAEA access to prevent any unilateral Russian attempts to reactivate the reactors.