Ukrainian nuclear plant near fighting is cut off from power grid

Energoatom said in a statement that the cut-off mean two remaining reactors at Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant were disconnected from the grid

A Russian serviceman guards an area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station. The plant, Europe’s largest, has been occupied by Russian forces and continued fighting nearby has heightened fears of a catastrophe that could affect nearby towns in southern Ukraine or beyond (AP/PA)

Ukraine’s nuclear power operator has said the Zaporizhzhia plant has been cut off from the electricity grid for the first time after fires damaged the last remaining transmission line.

It was not clear if the plant had been reconnected to the grid.