Ukraine on Sunday accused the Kremlin of "nuclear terrorism" Regarding the bombardment of the nuclear power plant.
Russian forces damaged three radiation sensors at the Zaporizhia site, Europe's largest nuclear power plant, over the weekend , Kyiv officials said.
“Russian nuclear terrorism requires a stronger response from the international community: sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.
Moscow pleaded not guilty and saidUkrainian forces attacked a factory in what is now Russian-controlled southern Ukraine.
A Ukrainian engineer is still running the factory, even though Russia took control of it in his March.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned whoever was responsible, the weekend shelling could have serious consequences. said there is.
"We are very concerned about yesterday's shelling of Europe's largest nuclear power plant and underline the very real risk of a nuclear disaster," said its executive director, Rafael Raphael. Mariano Grossi said in a statement on Saturday.
"There are contradictions between the Russian and Ukrainian accounts," Grossi said. "I receive information...but I have no way of determining whether it corresponds to the facts."
US Secretary of State Anthony Brinken said that Russia's actions were"irresponsible." He said that it represents the extremity.
He added that the Kremlin would like to use the plant as a "nuclear shield".
with post wire
