Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant partly reconnected to Ukraine grid

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says radiation disaster' narrowly avoided after all lines to plant cut during fighting

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Ukraine has said it has managed to partly reconnect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to its grid after the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said it had narrowly avoided a radiation disaster" when all lines to it were cut on Thursday.

The plant was captured in early May by Russian forces, who are reportedly storing equipment at Europe's largest nuclear facility, but is still being run by Ukrainian technicians under the gaze of occupying forces.