Offsite power supply to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant destroyed

IAEA says shelling makes the ‘situation increasingly precarious’ as reliable supply is unlikely to be restored

A vital offsite electricity supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been destroyed by shelling and there is little likelihood a reliable supply will be re-established, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog chief has said.

Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said shelling had destroyed the switchyard of a nearby thermal power plant.

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