A Russian official said today that work will begin to restore electricity to Zaporizia’s nuclear power plant in Southeast Ukraine this week.

The nuclear station in Zaporizia, The largest in all of Europecaptured by the Russian forces shortly after the start of the war in February 2022. Kiev and Moscow are accused of bumping in the region, which caused the station to disconnect the station from the electricity supply network.

“We expect that the recovery work on the two electricity transfer lines will start at the end of this week”said the Michael Ulyanov – Permanent envoy to the Russian Federation at the International Organizations in Vienna – at the Russian News Agency Ria Novosti. In order to do the work, Ulyanov stressed that “It is vital to agree a ceasefire in the area.”

The International Atomic Energy Organization (IOEA) has repeatedly addressed calls for ‘Maximum self -restraint’ of the warring sides in order to avoid the risk of nuclear disaster.

Zaporizia’s nuclear connection connection to the power grid has been interrupted Since September 23. Currently, the station depends on emergency generators for the operation of security systems and to cool its six reactors.

The head of the IAEA Rafael Grossi He has stated that diesel generators provide the required amount of energy to the station, assuring that it is working with the warring sides to restore the external electricity line of the installations.

Kiev accused Moscow of deliberately provoking the decoupling of the Ukrainian Nuclear Station in order to connect it to the Russian electricity grid. The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister denied days ago that Moscow is preparing to restart the station.