Shelling early on Monday (19 September) near the South Ukraine nuclear power station in Ukraine impacted three power lines and damaged windows at the site, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

Ukraine told the IAEA that the explosion took place around 300 metres from the South Ukraine nuclear station industrial site. The affected power lines did not include any of the 750 kilovolt (kV) lines connecting the plant to the grid.

Ukraine’s national operator Energoatom separately said the station’s three reactors were continuing to operate normally and that no staff were injured. The three power lines were automatically reconnected after a short period of time, it said. The South Ukraine nuclear station, also known as Pivdennoukrainsk, is in southern Ukraine about 250 km from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station, Europe’s largest, which is occupied by Russian forces.