Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cut off from power grid

Ukraine's occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut off from the power grid again, its Russian administrators said on Monday, a potentially dangerous incident that has become more frequent due to shelling.

The power plant has since been switched to standby and emergency power supply generators, reports France24.

Ukraine's state-owned power generating company Energoatom said on Monday that there was a power outage at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant after a Russia-installed official said the plant was switched to standby and emergency power supply.

"Yes, we have the seventh blackout since the start of the (Russian) occupation," Energoatom told Reuters. Yuriy Malashko, governor of the Zaporizhzhia region in Ukraine said that there was a fire at one of the facilities in Zaporizhzhia city due to an overload in the power system.

"Problems with electricity supply that arose in the city of Zaporizhzhia are not related to shelling," Malashko said on the Telegram messaging app.