Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has entered its seventh day in emergency conditions following Russian shelling. Writing on Telegram, he described the situation as “critical,” stressing that the facility has been cut off from the power grid and is running on diesel generators, one of which has already failed.
Zelensky accused Russia of blocking repairs to the power lines needed to restore basic safety at the site. He warned that no other country had ever treated a nuclear facility in such a way and called it a threat to everyone.
He said he had instructed the energy ministry, alongside the foreign ministry, to urgently draw international attention to the risks posed by the prolonged disruption at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.