KYIV, May 23 – IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi after another complete shutdown of the Zaporizhia NPP from the power grid called for intensified efforts to restore the plant's backup power lines and confirmed the need for the IAEA team at the NPP to gain access to the nearby Zaporizhia Thermal Power Plant (ZTPP), also occupied by Russian troops.

"[Access] has yet to be granted despite assurances by Russian state nuclear company Rosatom. The ZTPP operates its 330 kV open switchyard, through which back-up power has in the past been provided to the ZNPP," according to Grossi's statement on the IAEA website.