The Group of Seven (G7) most advanced industrialized countries today accused Moscow of “endangering” the Ukrainian region around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been seized by Russian troops, and demanded that control of the nuclear plant be returned in Ukraine. “We demand that Russia immediately return to its rightful sovereign owner, Ukraine, full […]
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Ukraine: The bombings in Zaporizhia at the UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council will discuss the artillery shelling of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in eastern Ukraine. Russia asked on Tuesday that the issue be raised at the SA meeting tomorrow Thursday in New York. The agency’s 15-member top body will be briefed by Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy […]
Kremlin blames Kyiv for bombing Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
The Kremlin today blamed Kiev forces for the bombing of Ukraine and Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and warned of “catastrophic consequences” for Europe. The bombing of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant “by the Ukrainian armed forces” is “potentially extremely dangerous” and “could have devastating consequences for a wide area, including European territory,” Kremlin spokesman […]
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is operating normally, local official says
LAST UPDATE: 11.42 The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, hit by shelling over the weekend, is operating normally, the Russian-appointed head of the local administration said, according to the Interfax news agency. “We have information from the military and representatives of Russia’s Rosatom, who are here, just monitoring the situation. We have information from them that […]
Ukraine: Kyiv says worker injured in new Russian bombing at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Ukraine’s nuclear power company Energoatom said today that a worker was injured when Russian forces again bombed the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, on Saturday night. The site was hit by rocket attacks, Energoatom said on the Telegram messaging app. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) yesterday expressed serious concerns about […]
Ukraine-Zaporiziya: Intense concern of the IAEA about the risk of nuclear disaster
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is expressing deep concern over yesterday’s bombing of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying the action highlights the risk of a nuclear disaster. “I am extremely concerned about yesterday’s bombing of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which highlights the very real risk of a […]
Ukraine: One of the reactors of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant shut down
One of the reactors at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which is under the control of Russian forces, has stopped working, the Ukrainian atomic energy company said today, following bombings blamed on each other by Kyiv and Moscow. “After the attack on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the emergency protection system was activated […]
Russia, Ukraine exchange accusations of ‘terrorism’ after Zaporizhia nuclear power plant strike
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday that Russia must “bear responsibility” for the “terrorist act” at Ukraine’s military-captured Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been the target of strikes blamed on each other by Kyiv and Moscow. . “Today the occupiers created another extremely dangerous situation for all of Europe: they twice hit the […]
Britain: Russia’s actions at the Zaporizhia nuclear plant likely undermine its safety
The actions of Russian forces at the Ukrainian nuclear plant in Zaporizhia may have undermined the safety of its smooth operation, Britain announced today. “Russian forces have likely used the wider area of ​​the facility and especially the adjacent town of Enerhodar to rest using the special protection status of the nuclear plant to reduce […]
Ukraine: IAEA requests access to Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
The head of the UN nuclear agency has requested access to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces to determine whether it is a source of danger. Contact with Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in Zaporizhia and operated by Ukrainian technicians, is “fragile” and communications do not work every day, International […]
