KYIV — Belarus is supplying electricity to Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power station, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in 1986, local Belarusian authorities say.
Power at the facility was knocked out on Monday according to Ukrainian authorities after Russian forces damaged a power line, but the International Atomic Energy Agency said later that day it had been informed external power had been restored. It said work was underway to reconnect the facility to the power grid.
“The electrical supply to the Chernobyl nuclear power station is completely restored,” the Belarusian energy ministry says in a statement published on the Telegram page of the Gomel region.
“At the current time the electricity supply is being provided from the Belarusian power grid,” it adds.
The website of the Belarusian energy ministry is unavailable.
Radiation around the power plant, which exploded in 1986 killing hundreds and spreading a radioactive cloud across Europe, remain at normal levels, the statement says, citing local monitors.
The station is located close to the Belarusian border.
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