Overview

• The IAEA said its team heard about 15 explosions near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site on Oct. 8, with two rounds landing roughly 1.25 kilometers from the perimeter and no immediate safety impact reported.
• Zaporizhzhia has been disconnected from external power since Sept. 23 and is using eight emergency diesel generators to cool shutdown reactors and spent fuel, which the agency called an increasingly risky situation.
• Ukraine’s grid operator reported fresh outages across several regions on Oct. 8, with the Chernihiv region facing the toughest conditions and enforced rolling cuts as repair crews work under air raid alerts.
• Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk said Ukraine plans to raise natural gas imports by around 30% following strikes that damaged production, supported by loans of $500 million from the EBRD and $300 million from the EIB with European Commission guarantees.
• European support officials warned the Ukraine Energy Support Fund faces an estimated €400 million gap, and long procurement lead times mean many replacement requests will not arrive in time for this winter.