The eighth localised ceasefire brokered by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between Ukraine and Russia has begun in an effort to repair a backup transformer that has been damaged by military activity near the Zaporizhzhya thermal power plant in Ukraine.

The repair will strengthen the connection between the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and the Ferosplavna-1,330 kV offsite power line, the nuclear plant’s sole remaining external power line.

Separately, efforts to re-instate the Zaporizhzhya’s other external power line – the Dniprovska 750 kV line – are continuing, the IAEA said.