Ukraine live briefing: Power restored to nuclear plant; Zelensky warns of ‘radiation disaster’ risk

Electricity was restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Friday, narrowly averting a “radiation accident,” according to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The facility was cut off from Ukraine’s electricity grid a day earlier, causing a massive power outage and sparking international fears of a crisis, before backup diesel generators kicked in. Zelensky warned that Europe remains “one step away from a radiation disaster” as long as Russian troops control the plant.