IAEA Warns Drone Strikes Threaten Power Supply at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

The IAEA's warning shifts the focus from battlefield maneuvering to the physical integrity of a nuclear site's external power supply, a prerequisite for cooling and containment that persists even in a shutdown reactor. Because the agency is negotiating with both Russia and Ukraine, the practical question is whether a localized ceasefire can be enforced in a contested zone where military and civilian infrastructure overlap. Any repair window would be temporary by nature, so the more durable signal to watch is whether both sides treat the plant's power supply as a protected object rather than leverage.