Russia has announced that it will destroy Europe's largest nuclear power plant despite warnings that retaliation could lead to a Chernobyltype of disaster. accused of launching missiles.
The Zaporizhzhia factory was occupied by Russian forces in early March in the early stages of the war, but is still run by Ukrainian engineers.
It is now reported that heavy artillery is being used next to Zaporizhia to launch missiles over the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine.
Russia denies attacking the plant, but reports from Ukraine say military trucks have been seen driving to and from the plant.
Experts say the truck is "likely" unloading ammunition.
That is because the head of the International Atomic Energy Energy Agency (IAEA) said the situation in Zaporizhia was "totally out of control" and was becoming increasingly dangerous. This is because I warned you that every day.
Rafael Grossi said "chopped" communications from theZaporizhia facility and the inability of his organization to visit the site were of great concern.
Workers smoke next to wheat store damaged by Russian missile attack in Zaporizhia area
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"What is at stake is very serious, very serious and dangerous," he said.
The plant has undergone "a series of events that should not occur at any nuclear facility," the IAEA Director General stressed.
"And this is why we must be able to go there to perform this safety and security assessment, make repairs, and assist, as we have already done in. That's why I've been claiming it from the beginning: Chernobyl," he said.
Not only are there reportedly strikes coming from the power plant, but the power plant has also been attacked, with both sides blaming each other.
Ukraine's state-owned nuclear energy company said Russian forces had damaged three of his radiation sensors at the facility in renewed artillery fire on Saturday night, and a worker was injured by shrapnel.
Not only have strikes been reported from the power plant, but the power plant has also been hit by attacks that both sides have blamed on each other
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Energoatom says the latest Russian rocket attack hit a plant where 174 containers of spent nuclear fuel were stored outdoors. said it had attacked a dry storage facility in
"As a result, timely detection and response in the event of deterioration of the radiological situation or leakage of radiation from spent nuclear fuel containers is still not possible," said the report.
Meanwhile, Moscow said Ukraine had attacked the Russian-installed regime of the occupied Enerkhoders, where factory workers live, using a 220 mm Uragan multiple-rocket launch system. Stated.
Mr Grossi said Friday's shelling signaled the danger of a nuclear disaster. These shells hit high-voltage power lines, prompting plant operators to disconnect the reactor, even though no radioactive leak was detected.
"Russian nuclear terrorism requires a stronger response from the international community. Sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter. rice field.
