Russian forces attacked the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaging communications equipment for power unit No. 6 and disabling its transformers.
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Russian forces attacked the Zaporizhzhia NPP at 01:13 on 21 September 2022, damaging communications equipment for power unit No. 6.
Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia with missiles, hitting infrastructure objects.
An air raid alert was declared at 13:05 and later confirmed by city secretary Anatoliy Kurtev.
On September 21, 2022, at 01:13 a.m., shelling by Russian forces damaged communication equipment and open switchgear of power unit No. 6 at ZNPP, disconnecting transformers.
The damage caused an emergency start of two diesel generators for fuel cooling pumps before power supply was restored from other plant units by 02:00 a.m.
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