Ukrainian and Russian forces agreed to a localized ceasefire in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast to repair damaged powerlines to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) after a four-week outage, the longest in the plant's history
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The IAEA announced on October 18 that Ukrainian and Russian forces agreed to a local ceasefire to repair damaged powerlines to the ZNPP after a four-week outage, the longest the ZNPP has ever endured.
Work has begun to restore power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been without power for four weeks
A complex repair plan had been launched after local ceasefire zones were established to allow the work to proceed
Both sides engaged constructively with the agency to enable the repair plan
Emergency power cuts introduced in Zaporizhzhia region
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