Overview
- Ukraine’s Energy Ministry says the Russian‑occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost power from one high‑voltage line during the night of January 2–3 due to hostilities.
- The ministry counts 12 blackout incidents at the plant since the start of the full‑scale war, with the previous total loss of external power reported by the IAEA on December 6.
- Officials accuse Russia of deliberately disabling infrastructure in occupied areas and testing the plant’s connection to Russia’s power system.
- Overnight strikes damaged energy facilities in Mykolaiv and Kherson, cutting electricity for consumers in Mykolaiv and hitting the Kherson combined heat and power plant again.
- Emergency crews are working to restore service, with ongoing stabilization efforts also under way in Odesa and Kyiv and prolonged outages persisting in frontline and border regions.