Safety systems at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine were activated on Thursday; after power, cuts were reported across swathes of Russian-controlled territory.

Iran PressEurope: Zaporizhzhia is the largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine and Europe. This power plant is equipped with six nuclear reactors.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is currently under Russian control.

Safety systems were activated at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after a power outage, which temporarily left the facility without electricity, members of the Russian-backed administration in the Ukraine region have claimed.

Outages were reported in parts of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, while Russia's defense ministry said Ukraine shelled the plant.

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