The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is in an “extremely dangerous” situation following a wave of Russian strikes overnight on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, officials reported.
“The situation is extremely dangerous and threatens an emergency,” said Petro Kotin, the head of Energoatom, Ukraine’s largest power supplier which runs the site.
The strikes took out a power line that links the station to Ukraine’s grid, leaving just one remaining connection to the country’s energy system. “If the last communication with the domestic power grid is severed, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant will suffer another blackout,” said Mr Kotin.
The overnight barrage, which included over 90 missiles and 60 drone attacks, also caused a fire to break out at the Dnipro dam in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s largest hydroelectric power plant. Meanwhile, strikes on energy infrastructure in Kharkiv caused a near-complete loss of power in the city, with at least 15 explosions reported.
“The enemy launched one of the largest attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector in recent weeks,” Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine’s energy minister, reported.
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