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Russia Cut Power To Defunct Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, Ukraine Says

The New Safe Confinement was completed in 2016 (Credit: AFP)

The site of Ukraine's defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant -- partially destroyed in a 1986 meltdown -- lost power on Wednesday after Russia shelled a nearby substation, Kyiv said.

The UN's atomic energy watchdog said the blackout affected the confinement structure housing the plant's damaged reactor core, and that two emergency diesel generators were now supplying it with electricity.

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