On social media platform X, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi thanked Russia and Ukraine for agreeing to a temporary ceasefire, describing it as a “window of silence” that allows the restoration of electricity transmission between the substations and the power plant. The repair work is expected to last several days.

Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, with six generating units, each with a capacity of 1 gigawatt.

Since October 2022, the plant has been under Russian control. IAEA experts have been working there on a rotational basis since September the same year.

Grossi has repeatedly described the situation at the plant as unstable due to ongoing military hostilities between the two sides.