Ukrainian attack spoiled planned Zaporizhzhia birthday gift for Putin

<p>Plan to connect nuclear plant to Russian grid was foiled and it has now been reconnected to Ukrainian power</p><p>​An attempt by Russia to connect the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to ​the Russian grid in time for Vladimir Putin’s birthday earlier this month was foiled by Ukrainian forces operating behind enemy lines.</p><p>The six-reactor plant was instead reconnected by Russian engineers to external electrical power from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine">Ukraine</a>​ on Thursday morning, ending a month-long emergency ​during which the site had to rely on diesel generators to power cooling systems.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/23/zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-reconnected-to-external-power-from-ukraine">Continue reading...</a>