Overview

• IAEA monitors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia plant reported about 15 blasts nearby and said two rounds struck roughly 1.25 km from the perimeter, with no immediate damage reported.
• The plant has lacked off-site power since September 23 and is relying on eight emergency diesel generators to cool shutdown reactors and spent fuel, the agency said in Update 319.
• Ukraine’s grid operator reported fresh outages across several regions after overnight attacks, with Chernihiv enforcing multiple hourly power cuts as repairs proceed under air-raid alerts.
• DTEK said a thermal power plant was seriously damaged and two workers injured in drone strikes, and a coal enrichment facility in Donetsk region was destroyed with no casualties reported.
• Russia reported a drone strike on the Novovoronezh nuclear plant in central Russia; the IAEA said there was no impact on nuclear safety or radiation levels and reiterated nuclear sites must not be attacked.