A local ceasefire has been established in the area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in Ukraine, allowing urgent repairs to power transmission lines to begin, the International Atomic Energy Agency has said.

The agency quoted its director-general Rafael Grossi as saying that crucial power line repairs had begun near the Zaporizhzhia facility following another IAEA-brokered local ceasefire.

The agency said an IAEA team is monitoring repairs expected to last a few days, as part of persistent efforts to prevent nuclear accident during military conflict.