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Russian-run Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant says power supply has been restored

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MOSCOW, June 6 (Reuters) - ‌The Russian-installed management of Ukraine's ​Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant said on Saturday that it had ⁠restored the Ferrosplavnaya-1 power line, which supplies electricity to the plant.

"All systems and equipment at ​the ZNPP are operating normally," the management said via ‌its Telegram channel.

A temporary local ceasefire, brokered by the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), ⁠was declared on Friday to ⁠allow repairs to the power line.

A few hours after the incident was reported, the Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom accused Ukraine of ‌deliberately violating the ceasefire through a drone attack ⁠that left at least three people ‌injured.

The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's ​largest with six reactors, was seized by Russian troops in the early weeks of Moscow's invasion ‌of Ukraine. Each side has ​since accused the ⁠other of undertaking military actions to compromise ‌nuclear safety.

The plant generates ⁠no electricity, but needs external power to ensure that nuclear fuel at the site does not ​overheat.

The latest ceasefire ‌was the sixth negotiated since late last year ⁠to carry out repairs ​to the power lines.

(Reporting by Anastasia Lyrchikova, ​Editing by Louise Heavens)

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