The situation in the temporarily occupied Energodar and directly at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant remains difficult. The Russians use the ZNPP as a military base, dig trenches there, but it does not stop its work. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the occupation leadership is currently preparing to redirect the energy produced to the Russian energy system..

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Earlier, the Russian authorities stated that electricity from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant would continue to be " However, the recent actions of the occupiers testify to their intentions to finally include the Zaporizhzhya NPP into the Russian energy system.. Olga Kosharnaya, an independent expert on nuclear power, sees the sudden repair of the main transmission line at Chongar as a confirmation of these intentions.. Back in 2015, after the annexation of Crimea, they were destroyed by Ukraine, which technically excluded the possibility of supplying electricity to the temporarily occupied territories..

In all likelihood, the Russian leadership is seeking to restore physical access to power lines in order to ensure a direct flow of Ukrainian energy to the Russian Federation.. To a certain extent, these intentions are confirmed by some military operations that have been taking place in recent weeks in the Russian-occupied parts of the Zaporozhye region..

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The leadership of the aggressor country is taking all possible measures to integrate Ukrainian economic assets directly into the Russian economy. Part of this "