Europe's Largest Nuclear Plant Restores Power After Ceasefire

The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has resumed electricity supply through the Ferrosplavnaya-1 line, following repairs made possible by a short-term local truce brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The plant's management said all systems are functioning normally. The development was again accompanied by mutual recriminations, however, with Rosatom claiming that Ukraine had violated the agreed ceasefire with a drone strike that injured at least three people.

The Zaporizhzhia plant has been under Russian control since 2022 and remains one of the most sensitive flashpoints of the war. Although it does not currently generate electricity, a stable external power supply is essential to cool the nuclear fuel and maintain safe operations. The latest ceasefire was the sixth such measure since late last year.

(reuters)