The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, said Wednesday that he expects repairs to begin "soon" to restore the power supply to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

The site, occupied by Russian forces since March 2022, lost its connection to the grid on September 23 for the tenth time -- marking the longest outage of external power supply to the facility since Russia invaded Ukraine.

"I continue to consult with Russia and Ukraine so that these works can begin in the coming days," said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency in a statement.

The largest plant in Europe has since been powered by backup diesel generators, and "repairs to power lines are needed on both sides of the front line, several kilometres from the site", according to Grossi.

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