The Russian occupation forces in Zaporizhia her Ukrainian reported yesterday Friday that due to raids by Ukrainian drones, two substations of the electricity distribution network in the city of Enerhodar were put out of service, causing power outages in the wider area.

However, an official at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in all of Europe, assured that the strikes did not affect the safety of the facilities.

Russian troops occupied the nuclear plant from the very first days of the invasion, which began in February 2022. Since then Moscow and Kiev have blamed each other for attacks in the area that raised fears of a nuclear disaster.

The head of the Moscow-appointed administration in Enerhodar, Eduard Sevanoz, says in a post on the Telegram platform that one of the two substations supplying the city was destroyed on Wednesday and yesterday Friday the second substation supplying the city was also damaged.

Yevgeny Yashin, director of communications at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant controlled by the Russian forces, assures that the facilities were not affected by the Ukrainian strikes, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. He added that experts are assessing the damage suffered by the second substation, arguing that the transformer can be repaired but it will take time.