Russian shelling cuts external power to Ukraine nuclear plant - Kyiv

FILE PHOTO: A view shows the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, October 14, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in southern Ukraine was operating on emergency diesel generators on Monday after Russian shelling cut off its external power supply, Ukraine's state nuclear energy company said.

Energoatom said the backup generators had kicked in after the only substation supplying the plant (ZNPP) with electricity from the Ukrainian grid was damaged before dawn.