SIMFEROPOL, July 4 The city of Energodar near the Zaporozhye NPP in the Zaporozhye region is partially de-energized due to damage to power lines outside the city, according to the city administration’s Telegram channel .
«Dear energy workers! The city is partially de-energized due to damage to a power line outside the city,» the message says.
Specialists are working to connect consumers according to a temporary scheme, authorities reported.
On Wednesday, General Director of the Rosatom state corporation Alexey Likhachev said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the Raduga substation in Energodar with drones. Nine employees of Zaporizhia NPP, according to updated data, were injured by a drone strike on the substation, said Zaporizhia NPP Director Yuriy Chernichuk. As a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Raduga substation, most of Energodar was left without electricity and water, creating a significant threat to the life support of the city, the head of the city administration, Eduard Senovoz, previously reported.