The sixth power unit of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was disconnected from the power grid and transferred to a cold shutdown state due to damage to communication lines with the Ukrainian power grid caused by Russian shelling.

The sixth power unit of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was disconnected from the power grid at 03:41 on September 11, 2022, and is being prepared for cooling to a cold state.

All communication lines between the ZNPP and the Ukrainian power grid were damaged due to Russian shelling over the past three days.

The plant’s sixth and last functioning reactor was disconnected from the national grid in the early morning of Sept. 11.

The reactor had been operating on 'island mode' for three days after Russian shelling damaged power lines.

Restoration of a power line indicates preparations are underway to transfer the reactor to a cold state, described as the safest state for cooling.

The station has not been able to supply electricity to Ukraine since Sept. 11.

Five reactors are in cold mode and one in hot shutdown mode for service operations.

Russian forces have turned a school in Lyubomirka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast into a hospital for more than 100 wounded soldiers, with approximately 10 military vehicles positioned around the building.

A school in the village of Liubomirivka in the Zaporizhzhia region was turned into a hospital and more than 100 wounded were placed there. Around the building, the occupiers placed about 10 units of military equipment.