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Denisenko clarified that the Russians made such an attempt about a month ago..

But, according to him, due to many circumstances, this was not possible.. First, in the Kherson region, the support fell, then in Dzhankoy, one of the key transformers for transmitting electricity to the Crimea burned down.

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He noted that now the Russians are faced with the task of carrying out restoration work in Dzhankoy. And before Ukraine - to prevent this.

“They do not leave the desire to synchronize the Zaporizhzhya NPP with the Russian Federation, and therefore they do certain work there, as far as I understand it all. In principle, our task is to prevent this in any case,” Denisenko said..

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Recall, according to the information of the head of Energoatom, Petr Kotin, the occupiers plan to reconnect the station to the Crimea, while disconnecting it from the occupied territories in southern Ukraine, which means de-energizing this region.

In early August, the Zaporizhzhya NPP already had a corresponding program handed over by Rosatom personnel.

However, according to energy expert Nikolai Teslya, technically switching the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to the Russian energy system is a very difficult technical task.. But the occupiers are waiting not only for technical surprises and problems.

On September 11, Energoatom reported that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was completely shut down due to damage to all power lines. As a result, it was decided to turn off the last operating sixth power unit of the station and transfer it to the safest state - a cold shutdown..