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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

MYSTERIOUS: Tensions remain at war threatened ukrainian nuclear plant | Mind Blowing Facts

A picture taken during a visit organized by the Russian military shows Russian servicemen guard on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, southeastern Ukraine, 01 September 2022. (EPA)

Europe’s largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine's electricity grid Monday after its last transmission line was disconnected as a result of a fire caused by Russian shelling, the facility’s operator and the UN atomic watchdog said.

The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was informed Monday by Ukrainian authorities that the reserve line “was deliberately disconnected in order to extinguish a fire.”

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