Overview
- The plant experienced a complete loss of external power for several hours overnight when both supply lines disconnected due to automatic protection, station officials said.
- The 750 kV Dneprovskaya transmission line was returned to service, and supply was also restored via the 330 kV Ferrosplavnaya-1 line, leaving the plant operating on two lines, according to communications director Evgenia Yashina.
- Station systems functioned as designed during the outage, with protections triggering as intended, the station reported.
- Acting head of Ukraine’s State Energy Supervision Anatoliy Zamulko said national nuclear generation was temporarily reduced after strikes and is being resumed.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces struck energy and transport infrastructure used in the interests of Ukrainian forces, a campaign it says has been ongoing since October 2022.