One of the two high-voltage lines supplying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant with electricity, “Dneprovskaya,” went down in the morning on Friday, the plant administration announced on its Telegram channel According to the report, the power plant is now supplied with electricity by a reserve line of 330 kV and there are no safety threats.It was also noted that the radiation at the plant and the surrounding area is unchanged and is at the level corresponding to the normal operation of power units and does not exceed natural background values. Earlier, different Ukrainian media outlets reported that repeated explosions were heard in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia.
Russian strike targets Ukraine’s largest dam
A Russian strike hit the DniproHES dam in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s largest, on Friday, Ukraine’s state hydropower company Ukrhydroenerho said. The attack has led to a fire at the station. “There is currently a fire at the station. Emergency services and energy workers are working on the spot, dealing with the consequences of numerous airstrikes,” stated Ukrhydroenerho, which runs Ukraine’s network of dams. Despite the severe damage, there is reportedly no risk of a breach. The incident is part of what Ukraine’s Energy Minister, Herman Halushchenko, described as the largest recent attack on the nation’s energy infrastructure, aiming to cause a widespread failure of the energy system.In the western Khmelnytskyi region, a local official reported to public broadcaster Suspilne that one person was killed and more were injured due to the strikes. Additionally, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, announced that the city’s traffic light system had been disrupted following attacks on power facilities.