FOG BLOG UKRAINE LOG: NO TIMELINE FOR U.N. INSPECTORS TO GO INTO ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR PLANT!

UPDATE........INSPECTORS TO COME INTO THE NUCLEAR PLANT THIS WEEK!!...At Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, officials try to prevent a meltdown It's been a tense few days at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Russian forces occupy the plant. Both sides blame the other for attacks that could have led to a meltdown. International energy officials have been trying to visit the plant for weeks to assess the situation, and this week's events only lend more urgency to that effort. Russia has occupied the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant since March. This is the very first time that a nuclear facility built for peacetime power generation has ended up in a war zone, analysts say.

HRYHORIY PLACHKOV: (Speaking Ukrainian).

"Nuclear power plants aren't built to survive military activity, either at the plant itself or anywhere near it," says Hryhoriy Plachkov, the former head of Ukraine's nuclear regulatory agency. That's because a nuclear plant needs to draw power from the grid to avoid the possibility of a meltdown. Any fighting near the plant is a problem. Russian media reports that Ukrainians cut vital power line to the Zaporizhzhia plant. The Ukrainian side says wildfires that started in an ash pit knocked out the last functioning line. Even though Russia occupies the plant, they depend on Ukrainian expert workers to operate the facility. Russia says that the workers restored the power lines late Friday. Ukraine's president thanked the Ukrainian staff during his Friday evening address.