Overview

• The Rosatom-controlled operator says external power has been lost since September 23 and emergency diesel generators are supplying the plant with fuel reserves described as sufficient for prolonged use.
• Foreign minister Andriï Sybiga accuses Russia of severing the Ukrainian line and preparing roughly 200 kilometers of new connections to link the site to a Russian grid.
• Energy minister Svitlana Gryntchouk says Russian forces damaged the only remaining Ukrainian supply line, while the plant’s operator previously blamed Ukrainian troops for the outage.
• IAEA director Rafael Grossi met Vladimir Putin and Rosatom chief Alexeï Likhatchev in Moscow to discuss the plant’s safety and security.
• All six reactors at Europe’s largest nuclear plant in Energodar remain shut down yet still require reliable external electricity for cooling, with Kyiv reporting about ten prior grid disconnections during the war.