Overview

• Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported that power surges from Russian artillery left the New Safe Confinement without electricity and said specialists are working to restore supply.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a drone barrage on Slavutych caused a blackout lasting more than three hours, affecting the sarcophagus and spent-fuel storage at the site.
• Authorities have not reported any increase in radiation levels linked to the outage.
• Regional damage to the grid in Chernihiv reportedly cut electricity to roughly 300,000 people, and generators were deployed to hospitals and other critical services.
• Russia has not publicly commented on the Chernobyl incident, and the IAEA continues to oversee safety at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities.