Ukraine: Russian shelling damaged nuclear plant power lines

With its six reactors inoperative, the plant relies on outside electricity to cool its spent fuel

A woman enters a residential building heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine (Leo Correa/AP)

Ukraine’s nuclear state operator said Russia has shelled and damaged power lines connecting Europe’s largest nuclear power plant to the Ukrainian grid, leaving the plant reliant on diesel generators again.

The generators have enough fuel to maintain the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in south-east Ukraine for 15 days, Energoatom said in a post on its Telegram channel on Thursday.