All external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine were down for several hours on Friday, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, but the station's management later said power had been restored.

Specialists from Ukrenergo, Ukraine's national power company, have restored the operation of the high-voltage transmission line supplying power to the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Russian forces struck a power transmission line connecting the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to Ukraine's energy grid. This marks the eighth blackout at the plant since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion,