Zaporizhzhia, Nuclear Power Grid Restored... Zelensky "Still Very Dangerous"

Employment center building destroyed by Russian missile attack in Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, controlled by Russia, resumed power supply to Ukraine on the 26th (local time).

According to major foreign media, Energoatom, Ukraine's state nuclear power company, announced that two of the six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia plant, which had been disconnected from Ukraine's power grid on the 25th, were reconnected to the grid on the same day and have resumed supplying electricity.

Energoatom stated, "Despite multiple provocations by the occupiers, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant continues to operate within Ukraine's power grid."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his regular speech, praised Ukrainian experts for working to avoid the 'worst-case scenario,' but emphasized that "the situation remains very dangerous."

Original preview: The Zaporizhzhia plant was disconnected from Ukraine's power grid on the 25th after the last of four transmission lines connecting the plant to the outside was damaged due to a fire in a nearby forest. Power outages also occurred in the surrounding area.

Ukraine and Russia each claim that the fire and the severing of the transmission lines were caused by the other's shelling. However, it is currently unknown who fired the shots, and both countries are demanding inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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