Repair teams have completed the restoration of one of the external power lines to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This was announced by Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk on Facebook.
"Energy workers have restored power to the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. This has allowed the plant to exit the state of a complete – the tenth blackout, – in which it has been for the last month. After the repair of the 750 kV line «Dniprovskaya» is completed, work continues on the 330 kV line "Ferosplavna," - she noted.
Hrynchuk emphasized that the reason for the month-long power outage at the ZNPP was the actions of Russian occupying forces, who systematically shell and damage power lines connecting the plant to Ukraine’s energy system.
"Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukrainian energy workers have restored the station's power lines 42 times. At the same time, the only way to ensure long-term nuclear safety is complete demilitarization, de-occupation of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, and returning it under the full legal control of the Ukrainian operator – Energoatom," - Hrynchuk stressed.
The repair work on the power lines supplying the ZNPP began on October 18. The plant had been in blackout since September 23, when the last external power line was disconnected. Another line was disconnected in May, and the Russians did not provide security guarantees for its repair.