"If the Zaporizhzhia NPP is not working, we in Ukrainka face certain difficulties.

We are getting a situation where we do not have a surplus of electricity that we can export, in particular, to EU countries.

This is a disadvantage for the EU nations, who lose a reliable source of energy supply, and it is also a disadvantage for us, Ukrainians.

We speak about it honestly," the president said in his evening video address.

Zelenskyy called on the EU to be united in countering the occupation of Zaporizhzhya NPP by the terrorist forces of the Russian Federation.

"All of us in Europe must fight for our interests in complete unity," Zelensky emphasized.