The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog has urged Ukraine and Russia to show the "political will" required to keep the area around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant safe to allow the external power line to be reconnected to the facility.

The plant, Europe's largest with six reactors, was seized by Russian forces in the early weeks of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The facility has been cut off from external power since September 23 -- the 10th time the line has come down.

The plant produces no electricity, but fuel in its reactors is being cooled by emergency diesel generators. Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the external line had to be restored.

"Both sides say they stand ready to conduct the necessary repairs on their respec

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