Overview

• Europe’s largest nuclear station has been off the grid since September 23 and is using diesel generators with fuel for about ten days, the IAEA and the Russian-installed plant management said.
• Ukraine reported a temporary power loss at the Chernobyl sarcophagus after a strike on a Slavutych substation, with supply later restored and radiation levels normal.
• Kyiv said the EU transferred a €4 billion credit tranche funded by earnings on Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he expects an EU decision in October on wider use of frozen Russian funds to support Ukraine.
• The Kremlin denounced EU moves to repurpose proceeds from Russian assets as theft, signaling a deepening legal and diplomatic dispute.