The final working reactor block at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been disconnected after Russian shelling disrupted power lines, Ukraine's Energoatom said.

The energy company said: "During the last three days, the Russian occupying forces have continued intensive shelling of the territory around the Zaporizhzhya NPP."

It added: "Today, September 5, 2022, as a result of a fire caused by shelling, the 330 kV ZaTES – Ferroalloy transmission line was disconnected, i.e. the last line that connected the ZaNPP/ZaTES node with the energy system of Ukraine!

"As a result, power unit No. 6 was unloaded and disconnected from the network, which currently supplies the ZNPP's own needs."

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron, who had spoken with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the plant, said the only way to restore security there was through the withdrawal of Russian troops.

(Source: Sky news)