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An overnight onslaught has chopped disconnected outer energy proviso to the Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness plant, Europe's largest, the UN atomic watchdog said connected Thursday (June 11, 2026).
No merchandise of radioactivity was detected and radiation levels remained normal, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said successful a statement.
The works "is presently relying connected exigency diesel generators to powerfulness the cooling of its six shut-down reactors and support different indispensable atomic information functions," it said.
The onslaught astatine 9.00 p.m. (1800 GMT) connected Wednesday (June 10) deed an electrical substation that supplies the plant. It was the 19th clip the works had mislaid its off-site powerfulness proviso since the commencement of the warfare successful February 2022, the bureau said.
"The latest nonaccomplishment of off-site powerfulness erstwhile again highlights the utmost fragility of the electrical grid and the changeless dangers to atomic information during the war," IAEA main Rafael Grossi said.
The works is presently preparing to repair its main powerfulness line, which has been offline since March 24.
Zaporizhzhia is Europe's largest atomic vigor plant, lies adjacent to the frontline successful confederate Ukraine, and was captured by Russian troops successful the aboriginal days of their 2022 invasion.
Moscow and Kyiv person repeatedly accused each different of risking a atomic catastrophe with attacks adjacent the plant.
