Ukraine has control over three of its four nuclear power plants. All three were quickly stopped during the bombardment on Wednesday. With the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya already shut down, this is the first time in Ukraine’s history that all reactors have been shut down at the same time, says Halushchenko on television.
After intensive work, they could be reconnected to the network on Thursday morning. However, they do not yet deliver electricity, but it will.
Ukraine is already very used to quick repairs in Russia’s wars of invasion. On the night of Thursday, Mayor Vitaly Klytchko estimated that approximately 70 percent of the capital was without electricity. Just a few hours later, authorities announced that “25 percent of the buildings remain without power, and are in a state of emergency,” writes CNN.
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