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  • Russian keeps up attacks near Ukraine nuclear plant despite serious warnings from U.N. leaders

    08/12/2022 6:57:18 AM PDT · by dennisw · 46 replies
    MSN ^ | 1h ago --- Aug. 12 | Clyde Hughes -
    | -- Russian attacks on Friday again included targets near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, pressing concerns about the security of the facility and eliciting a warning from the top U.N. nuclear watchdog. For days this week, experts and Ukrainian officials have expressed a deep concern about fighting around the plant, which is the largest nuclear power facility in Europe. They worry that a nuclear catastrophe could result if it's hit, accidentally or intentionally. Ukrainian officials said that Russian rockets hit in Nikopol on Friday, which is located just across the Dnipro River from the Zaporizhzhia plant....
  • Zaporizhzhia: Real risk of nuclear disaster in Ukraine - watchdog

    08/11/2022 7:57:18 AM PDT · by ToxicMasculinity · 13 replies
    BBC ^ | 8/7/22 | George Wright
    The UN's nuclear watchdog has called for an immediate end to any military action near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, warning of a "very real risk of a nuclear disaster". IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said he was "extremely concerned" by reports of shelling at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. It comes as Ukraine said parts of the facility were "seriously damaged" by Russian military strikes. Russia seized the plant in March. Russia has kept on its Ukrainian employees, but Kyiv accuses Russian forces of firing rockets at civilian areas from the site, employing "terror tactics". Friday's strikes underline "the very real...