The ministry said that despite overnight missile and drone strikes targeting key energy hubs supplying the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, all facilities at the plant — including the New Safe Confinement and spent nuclear fuel storage sites — are now receiving power from Ukraine's unified energy system and are operating as required.

Ukraine’s Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has restored external power supply after a temporary outage caused by Russia’s latest mass attack on energy infrastructure, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said on Jan. 20.

The ministry said that despite overnight missile and drone strikes targeting key energy hubs supplying the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, all facilities at the plant — including the New Safe Confinement and spent nuclear fuel storage sites — are now receiving power from Ukraine’s unified energy system and are operating as required.

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Earlier on Jan. 20, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Russia’s latest mass attack against Ukraine temporarily impacted several Ukrainian electrical substations “vital for nuclear safety,” including the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

“The (Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant) lost all off-site power and power lines to other (nuclear power plants) were also impacted. The IAEA is actively following developments in order to assess impact on nuclear safety,” IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, without mentioning Russia.

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