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Bombing around Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces, led to its disconnection from the power grid again on Saturday. "The plant was disconnected from its last main external power line after Friday night's shelling, forcing engineers to use a low-voltage backup line" to ensure the cooling of nuclear fuel, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The disconnection came on Saturday, a day after a delegation of 14 IAEA experts arrived and found during an initial four- to five-hour visit that "the physical integrity of the plant [had] been violated on several occasions". The agency said at the time that it had to assess the damage, analyse many technical aspects, check the safety systems and affirmed its willingness to talk to the Ukrainian workers and assess their working conditions. That same day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered Russian President Vladimir Putin mediation to break the deadlock at the Zaporizhia plant, which Russian and Ukrainian forces have accused each other of bombing for several weeks. Rafael Grossi, the director general of the IAEA, testified on Friday during the agency's first visit that he had heard heavy machine-gun and artillery fire on two or three occasions The IAEA intends in any case "to establish a continuous presence" in the plant, its head stressed, without further clarification, which seems to be tolerated by both parties for the time being since no indication was given on a potential departure date. Follow our page to keep being informed and to support unbiased and global journalism. Ignore : #news #breaking #breakingnews #newsalert #newsflash #trend #trending #newscenter #worldnews #russia #ukraine #war #russiaukrainewar #iaea #rafaelgrossi #plant #powerplant #nuclearpowerplant #nuclear #energy #electricity #powergrid #security #chemicalhazard #tchernobyl #reactor #disaster #europe #ukrainians