\u201cIt has been seven days now. There has never been anything like this before,\u201d Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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One of the diesel generators providing emergency power to the plant is no longer working, Zelenskyy said, a week after external power lines went down.<\/p>\n
\u201cRussian shelling has cut the plant off from the electricity network,\u201d the Ukrainian leader said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a threat to everyone. No terrorist in the world has ever dared to do with a nuclear power plant what Russia is doing now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The outage is the longest the Russian-occupied plant has gone without power since Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n
It is also the 10th time since the start of the war that the plant \u2013 the largest in Europe \u2013 has been disconnected from the power grid.<\/p>\n
Russia seized control of Zaporizhzhia in the first weeks of the war, and the plant\u2019s six reactors, which before the conflict produced about one-fifth of Ukraine\u2019s electricity, were shut down after Moscow took over.<\/p>\n
But the plant<\/a> needs power to maintain cooling and safety systems, which prevent reactors from melting \u2013 a danger that could set off a nuclear incident.<\/p>\n Russian officials have not commented on the latest statements on conditions at the plant.<\/p>\n But Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of risking a potentially devastating nuclear disaster by attacking the site, and have traded blame over the latest blackout.<\/p>\n Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations\u2019s nuclear watchdog, earlier this week decried the cutoff of the external power lines but assigned no blame to either side.<\/p>\n In a statement on Tuesday, Grossi said he was engaging with officials from both countries to restore offsite power to Zaporizhzhia as soon as possible.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in constant contact with the two sides with the aim to enable the plant\u2019s swift re-connection to the electricity grid,\u201d the IAEA chief said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the plant is currently coping thanks to its emergency diesel generators \u2013 the last line of defence \u2013 and there is no immediate danger as long as they keep working, it is clearly not a sustainable situation in terms of nuclear safety,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cNeither side would benefit from a nuclear accident.\u201d<\/p>\n IAEA monitors are stationed permanently at Zaporizhzhia and at Ukraine\u2019s three other nuclear power stations.<\/p>\n The IAEA is engaging with both sides of the military conflict to help pave the way for the restoration of offsite power to Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhya NPP as soon as possible, Director General @rafaelmgrossi<\/a> said today: https:\/\/t.co\/ODSjkR6fXd<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/SbWEh7TBCq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 IAEA \u2013 International Atomic Energy Agency \u269b\ufe0f (@iaeaorg) September 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n![\"INTERACTIVE-WHO](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/INTERACTIVE-WHO-CONTROLS-WHAT-IN-UKRAINE-1759053592.png\")
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