Overview
- IAEA monitors warned that a heavy attack on June 4 near the Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant threatened the only remaining external line supplying the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
- The IAEA announced a temporary local ceasefire that took effect on Friday, June 5, to allow demining and supervised repairs to the damaged 750 kV Dniprovska transmission line.
- Technical crews from both sides will begin repairs after demining with IAEA experts overseeing the work because the damage sits atop tall towers close to the active frontline.
- The plant remains dependent on a single 330 kV line and has lost external power repeatedly in recent weeks, forcing reliance on emergency diesel generators to cool six shut-down reactors.
- Both sides have traded accusations over drone strikes and other attacks near the site, and the ceasefire’s fragility means renewed fighting or further outages could still raise the risk of a serious radiological incident.