The Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant, whose switchyard helps transmit electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), came under a "heavy attack" on the morning of 4 June.

On May 30, a Ukrainian fiber-optic drone struck the turbine hall of the ZNPP Power Unit No. 6

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, emergency diesel generators provided electricity to the nuke facility until the line was reconnected