Ukrainian attack spoiled planned Zaporizhzhia birthday gift for Putin

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Source: theguardian.com
Ukrainian attack spoiled planned Zaporizhzhia birthday gift for Putin

Plan to connect nuclear plant to Russian grid was foiled and it has now been reconnected to Ukrainian power

​An attempt by Russia to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to ​the Russian grid in time for Vladimir Putin’s birthday earlier this month was foiled by Ukrainian forces operating behind enemy lines.

The six-reactor plant was instead reconnected by Russian engineers to external electrical power from Ukraine​ on Thursday morning, ending a month-long emergency ​during which the site had to rely on diesel generators to power cooling systems.

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