The occupiers have set a condition to licensed employees of the operational shift at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) that they have until 2 November to decide whether to sign a contract with ‘rosatom’ (the Russian state atomic energy corporation) or to decline. Other ZNPP employees have until 1 December. It is reported that Ukrainian-issued passes to the plant are to be cancelled in the near future. At the moment, the plant’s engineering specialists are not allowed to go to their workplaces. Only operational staff (the management shift) have access.

So-called Kadyrovites have arrived in Enerhodar and are patrolling in groups of 15-20 men. There is practically no connectivity in the town. It is advisable to move around the town between 09:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m., since the likelihood of falling under filtration measures increases after 3:00 p. m.

Russian forces have set up electronic warfare equipment on the rooftop of the fifth power unit to combat aerial reconnaissance. Another occupiers’ shift has been placed at the industrial zone of the ZNPP. The commanding staff are deployed around the town and live in the apartments who have abandoned the town.