The city is connected to the grid and the plant also has a new power source, Renat Karchaa, an adviser to Russias nuclear power agency Rosenergoatom, told Russia 24 TV on October 11.
The change at the Zaporizhzhia plant was also informed by Vladimir Rogov - a senior pro-Russian official in the Zaporizhzhia region, home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
The nuclear power plant has been connected to a power line from us, Mr. Rogov told RIA Novosti news agency.
The official later shared more on Telegram: "However, it is too early to talk about restarting the plant's reactors at this time."
The last of the six reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant stopped working a month ago after the power line was damaged by shelling. The facility was then forced to rely on diesel generators.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar are located near the front line. Russia and Ukraine have both accused each other of shelling the facility. Russia has repeatedly warned that shelling could cause nuclear disasters, similar to the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. For its part, Kiev claimed that Moscow soldiers had used the plant as a shelter.
The Zaporizhzhia region was controlled by Russian forces shortly after Moscow launched the war on Ukraine in February. Along with three other territories of Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia was annexed by Russia following a vote last month. On October 5, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree officially transferring the Zaporizhzhia factory under Russian control.
