CBRN event in Ukraine on Sat 3rd January 2026

3rd January 2026

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On the night of 2-3 January, the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost power to one of its high-voltage lines due to Russian shelling, according to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine. This marks the 12th blackout at ZNPP since the start of the full-scale Russian war, with the previous outage occurring less than a month ago.

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