The Chernobyl power plant has lost power off-site as blackouts across Ukraine continue.
Russia has been repeatedly targeting the country’s energy facilities during the winter as the war grinds towards it’s fourth anniversary in February. It is not yet clear what caused the brief Chernobyl outage.
On Thursday Trump claimed Russian president Vladimir Putin had agreed to not attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure this weekend at a time when the war-hit nation is experiencing particularly harsh winter conditions.
The Kremlin has said the brief and limited ceasefire will end on Sunday while Ukraine said it will not attack Russia’s energy grid in exchange.
Three way peace talks are due to take place between Kyiv, Moscow and Washington on Sunday.
However, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested the talks may not go ahead as planned due to growing tensions between the US and Iran.
“We are in constant communication with the American side and are expecting specific details from them regarding further meetings.
“We are counting on meetings next week and are preparing for them,” Zelensky said.
