As a result of shelling by the Russian military at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the last line of communication with the power grid was disconnected.

 This was reported by the press service of "Energoatom".

 "Racist terrorists have changed their tactics and are now trying to blackmail Ukraine and the whole world with missile attacks on remote substations, through which the nuclear power plant is powered," the report says.

 According to the press service, today, October 17, Russian terrorists once again fired at substations of critical infrastructure in the territory controlled by Ukraine, as a result of which at 03:59 the last communication line of 750 kV ZNPP - Dniprovska was disconnected.

 In the transitional process, due to a short-term voltage drop, the reserve transformer of the ZNPP's own needs was turned off and the diesel generators were started, Energoatom reported.

 In addition, the 750 kV communication line of the South Ukrainian NPP - Dniprovska was disconnected, but without affecting the load of the PANPP, the press service added.