Russian Strikes on Ukraine's Energy Grid Cause Blackouts
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The Zaporizhzhia site in southeastern Ukraine has lacked external power to cool its reactors for five days. Kyiv says Moscow has manufactured the crisis.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 1 accused Russia of trying to create the risk of nuclear incidents after a drone attack that cut off power to the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power station for three hours.
Rescuers work near a destroyed supermarket after a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)