The Russia-Ukraine war poses a growing threat to the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, with both sides accusing the other of reckless attacks and raising the specter of a nuclear disaster.
Via SchiffGold.com, A nuclear tragedy could be “dangerously close,” according to the UN’s top nuclear watchdog. “Let me put it plainly–two years of war are weighing heavily on nuclear safety at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant,” said Rafael Mariana Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA . “…Reckless attacks must cease immediately.
“We are waiting for the reaction of the world, we are waiting for the reaction of the IAEA,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in a video post. “Russia must be held responsible for this.” Russian representatives denied involvement in the fire and turned the accusations back on Ukraine, claiming the conflagration was caused by Ukrainian attacks on a nearby city and that it was an act of “nuclear terror.
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