A critical incident occurred at the facilities of the State Specialized Enterprise Chornobyl NPP in the town of Slavutych, Kyiv region, as a result of Russian shelling of energy infrastructure.
Due to voltage fluctuations, the New Safe Confinement – the key structure that isolates the destroyed fourth power unit of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and prevents the release of radioactive materials into the environment – was left without electricity.
Specialists are currently carrying out work to restore power supply.