Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is the largest nuclear power station in Europe, located near the city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, on the banks of the Kakhovka Reservoir. It consists of six VVER-1000 reactors that were brought online between 1984 and 1995. Since being occupied by Russian forces in 2022, the plant has been at the centre of international concern over nuclear safety and the risk of a radiological incident. Its status remains one of the key issues in international discussions on the war in Ukraine.
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47 states and EU demand Russia return Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to Ukraine at UN General Assembly
During the 81st session of the UN General Assembly, 47 states together with the European Union issued a joint statement calling for the immediate return of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Ukrainian control and the withdrawal of Russian forces from the site.
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IAEA reports drone strikes near occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, seeks eighth localized ceasefire
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported a series of drone strikes near the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in recent weeks that damaged transformers at the nearby thermal power station critical to the plant's external power supply and knocked out an off-site radiation monitoring station. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said he is negotiating with both sides on a new localized ceasefire to allow repairs — the eighth brokered by the agency for this purpose — and called strikes near nuclear infrastructure at peace and against nuclear infrastructure absolutely unacceptable.
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External power restored to occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after nearly three weeks on diesel
On 7 September 2026, Ukrainian specialists reconnected the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to the external grid via the 330 kV 'Ferosplavna-1' line at 19:02, ending more than two weeks of reliance on emergency diesel generators. The repair was carried out under an IAEA-brokered local ceasefire that took effect on 5 September. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called the reconnection an important step in preventing a nuclear accident.
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Budanov reveals years of back-channel contacts with Russia's GRU chief and Prigozhin, advises Zelensky against Donbas concessions
Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with The New York Times published on 4 September that he maintained long-running contacts with Russian military intelligence chief Admiral Igor Kostyukov and the late Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. He advised President Volodymyr Zelensky not to accept any compromise on Donbas that would give Russia formal control over territory its military failed to seize on the battlefield.