A Russian-installed official in the Russian-controlled Ukrainian town of Enerhodar, where the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is located, said the town was without power on Thursday, state-owned Russian news agency TASS reported.
TASS cited Alexander Volga as saying that there was no light in the town, but there was no reason why a planned visit by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to the nuclear plant could not go ahead.
Russia's Defence Ministry earlier said that a Ukrainian "sabotage group" crossed the Dnipro river from nearby Ukrainian-held territory on Thursday morning. Vladimir Rogov, a Russian-installed official in Zaporizhzhia region, said Ukraine was trying to disrupt the IAEA delegation's visit.
